More than 50 billion cells in your body die every single day. While this sounds traumatic, the human body continuously produces new cells to replace them. A short video shares animations of the process of cell division or mitosis and describes each step in detail. 

Concepts

cells, cell division, mitosis, chromosomes

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Play a mitosis game to reinforce the concepts covered

Classroom Considerations

• Avoid the comments, as they contain foul language and religious debates not appropriate in the science classroom
• Relies on prior knowledge of cell division and DNA

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Highlights vocabulary throughout
• Gives flexibility to use in traditional or flipped classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4