Biological Animations
Biological Animations Some of this is a little deep for middle school, but other parts are definitely useful at a middle school level. Nice little animations of how different biological processes work.
Read MoreMeiosis and Fertilization Animation
Simple little animation describing the relationship between meiosis and fertilization. Meiosis and Fertilization Animation
Read MoreCell Division Construction Kit
Interesting concept and good for review for both mitosis and meiosis, this allows you to set the parameters for building the phase of cell division or to get a random task. While there are several things I like about it, for middle school, it may be a little tough to understand a couple of things. [...]
Read MoreControl of the Cell Cycle
As the Cell Division Supervisor, you are in charge of making sure old cells are replaced. If you don’t do your job correctly, things could get out of hand. Make sure you’re familiar with the cell cycle. There’s some information in the introduction that will give you a refresher course. Control of the Cell Cycle
Read MoreMitosis
Another favorite, this site is an animation of Mitosis. It gives a step by step of mitosis in an animal cell, then shows cytokinesis in a plant cell. Nice site to use. Mitosis Animation
Read MoreMitosis and Meiosis
This is a good site for a side by side animated comparison of mitosis and meiosis. It goes step by step and compares the processes from beginning to end. Cell Division – Meiosis vs. Mitosis
Read MoreBiology for Kids
This site has a little bit of everything. They cover almost every topic for biology that you can think of. The best thing about it that each topic – like each organelle of a cell – is pretty much contained on one page. So if you want to talk about only certain organelles, you can [...]
Read MoreMitosis and Meiosis Worksheet
This link is for a webquest type worksheet. The sites are listed on the sheet and you just let the kids work through the activity. We used the smartboard and did it as a group which worked pretty well. Worksheet and Links for Mitosis and Meiosis
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