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Launch ↗ 3D Mitosis Interactive
Mitosis is often memorized as a list of phase names, which hides the order of events inside the cell and why that order matters. This 3D interactive flies through a dividing cell, then has students predict each step and direct the chromosomes, centrosomes and spindle themselves.
Launch InteractiveTopics covered
- Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis in order
- Sister chromatids condensing
- Centrosomes moving to opposite poles as the spindle forms
- Spindle fibers aligning chromosomes along the equator
- Sister chromatids pulled to opposite poles
- A new nuclear envelope around each set of chromosomes
- A cleavage furrow in animal cells and a cell plate in plant cells
- What goes wrong when a step happens too soon
Educational Resources
Student Handouts
AP / College Student HandoutDownload PDF
