Section outline

  • Learning Outcomes:

    Describe what happens at a cellular level when a sperm and egg come together.

    Activities:

    1) Mitosis vs. Meoisis Stop Motion Animation -- Compare the two processes, acknowledge whether body cells (eg. skin, hair, liver) or sex cells (sperm and egg) are involved in the process, explain why mitosis creates identical copies and meoisis creates genetically different cells 

    2) Punnett Squares -- Determine the offspring of babies using Punnett squares.  We will look at dogs and then you can apply your understanding to your assessment. 



    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING... to apply our understanding of genetics (eg. variation) so that we can hypothesise about what the traits of our offspring superhero babies will be
    • Mitosis and Meiosis: an overview File

      This document gives an overview of the two cell division processes.  Use these to help you create your comparison poster and with your assessment.