BiologyUnit6Newsletter
CellCycle–Mitosis–Reproduction–Meiosis
Thisunitofbiologywillbeanoverviewoftheprocessesthatlead
toreproductivestrategiesinalllivingthings.Firststudentswill
reviewovertheprocessofDNAreplication,thenbuilda
foundationofanunderstandingofchromosomes.Studentswill
thencomparemitosisandmeiosis,theprocessesthatduplicate
cellsandleadtodifferenttypesofreproductioninlivingthings.
Objectives:
*Studentswillrecognizethechromosomesofdaughtercells,formedthroughthe
processesofasexualreproductionareidenticaltothechromosomesoftheparentcell.
*Studentswillrecognizethatduringmeiosischromosomesarereducedtohalfthe
numberpresentinparentcells.
*Studentswillexplainhowfertilizationrestoresthediploidnumberofchromosomes.
Vocabulary:
cell cycle
centromere
genetic diversity
sex chromosome
mitosis
cell plate
gamete
haploid
cytokinesis
telomere
sexual
zygote
cancer
prophase
reproduction
sperm
chromosome
metaphase
fertilization
egg
centriole
anaphase
somatic cell
polar body
chromatin
telophase
homologous
meiosis
daughter cell
asexual
chromosome
crossing over
chromatid
reproduction
autosome
cleavage furrow
binary fission
diploid
Resources:
OnlineHoltBiologyTextbook–Chapter5Sections1;2&4andChapter6Sections1;
2&6–http://my.hrw.com
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**BiologyBooklet&compositionnotebook
OnlineVocabularyReview–http://quizlet.com--SearchWHS_BIO
–chooseunit6studyset
Assessments:
VocabularyQuiz
Quiz:Reproductionstrategies
Quiz:Mitosis
Quiz:Meiosis
UnitSummativeTest–thepacingofthisunitistypicallyfiveweeks