Mitosis and Meiosis Webquest
Objective: In this activity, you will use multiple web pages to examine the processes of
mitosis and meiosis. Both processes are important in homeostasis as well as human
reproduction.
PART A: Cell Growth and Mitosis
http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/index.html
Go to What does Mitosis do? AND Built in Controls of Mitosis. Located on the left side of
the page.
PART B: Meiosis
Please go to the following webpage with the Meiosis animation (Use the step-through
animation):
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/meiosis.html
For Questions 2-4, start the “step through” animation.
PART C: Comparing and Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis:
After reading the following pages from Glencoe Science Voyages (402-414), you will be
able to compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis.
PART D: Cancer and Mitosis: Write and answer the following questions.
Go to this page about Cancer and Mitosis:
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/articles/cancer.html
Cell Cycle and Cancer
Try this interactive page about the Cell Cycle and Cancer
(http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/eukaryotic-cell-cycle-and-cancer) that
explains more about how cells know when to divide, change, or die: Click, “Start
Click and Learn”