An informative video overviews haploid versus diploid cells, how meiosis, fertilization, and mitosis all work together, how mitosis and meiosis differ in their processes and end results, and concludes with a brief discussion about independent assortment, crossing over, and random fertilization. 

Concepts

meiosis, sperm, eggs

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Review haploid and diploid vocabulary terms
• Briefly review steps of mitosis

Classroom Considerations

• Classroom must have a computer, Internet access, and a projection system
• Assumes learner has some understanding of haploid and diploid
• Part 24 in a series of 37

Pros

• Nice visuals and simple overview of mitosis and meiosis, emphasizing their similar steps and differences
• Great explanation of how and why siblings don't look exactly the same

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.11-12.2