Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis

Click here to view an animation about spermatogenesis. Take the quiz at the end. How did you do?


Click here to view an animation about oogenesis.

Meiosis

Click here to view a detailed animation about meiosis.

Click here to view an animation that describes nondisjunction. Nondisjunction occurs when there is a mistake during mitosis or meiosis. What happens to the cells that are made through nondisjunction?

More meiosis animations here and here.

Cancer - Uncontrolled Mitosis


Cancer is any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream.

Click on animation 1 to see how cancer occurs in body cells.

Click here for a more advanced explanation.
 

Friday, March 19, 2010

This week in current events




How does each article relate to Living Environment Curriculum? Explain?

Which article was your favorite?

**Special thanks to Michael Nguy!**

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Mitosis Animation

Click here for a narrated animation of mitosis. Take the quiz when you are finished. How did you do?

Do you want to view the animations we watched during class? Click here to view the animation by CELLS alive and here to view the second animation.

Enjoy!

Karyotyping Activity

Click here to complete a karyotype for 4 different patients. Click on, "patient histories," at the bottom of the page to access their chromosomes.

What did you learn about each patient?

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Click and Clone a Mouse

Click here to click and clone Mimi. This is the same animation we used in class.

Do you support cloning animals? Is it ethical? Why or why not?