Thursday, January 13, 2011

Meiosis

Today we are going to explore meiosis.  If you have not yet completed it, go to the worksheet that we have been working on and complete the part of meiosis.  If you have already done that, you can look at other resources on meiosis and expand your knowledge.  Some links are listed and described below. 

Comparrison of Mitosis & Meiosis, with a quiz.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__comparison_of_meiosis_and_mitosis__quiz_1_.html
Part two of the comparrison of Mitosis & Meiosis, with another quiz
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__comparison_of_meiosis_and_mitosis__quiz_2_.html

Step by step, side by side comparrisson of mitosis and meiosis: How Cells Divide NOVA We will look at this in class. 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/media/divi.swf

Genetic Science Learning Center fron Galaxo Smith Klein on mitosis and meiosis.  Good but no narration.  Also includes information on DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, inheritance and proteins. 
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/mitosis.swf

How Meiosis Works, from McGraw Hill publishers. 
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::525::530::/sites/dl/free/0072464631/291136/meiosis.swf::meiosis.swf

Many John Kyrk animations that include advanced information on a large variety of biology subjects. 
http://www.johnkyrk.com/meiosis.html


Meiosis narated animation from the book Life: The Science of Biology, Ninth Edition.  Includes a 4 question quiz.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/meiosis.html