Mitosis and Cell Theory Lesson: Objectives Document

Learning Objectives:

Cell Theory: •	Cells come from other cells- It provides a start-point for mitosis. This is the broad concept we will be addressing, and will be broken down under the heading ‘Mitosis’. •	All organisms are made up of cells- This is an umbrella for the concept that cells are the basic units of life. This establishes the students can differentiate between living things and non-living things. It also brings into scope the concept of a cell. o	Cell are basics unit of life o	All cells come from other cells

Mitosis: •	The reasons and antagonists that cause cell division- This concept gives a real world application to the topic. It provides the ‘why?’ for students to understand the purpose of learning this information. o	Damage o	Old age o	Mutation •	Cell cycle o	Brief overview of the order and what happens in the cell cycle before and after mitosis. (S, G1, G2) o	The Stages of Mitosis (IPMAT) and it’s place in the cell cycle o	Structures and their functions used to divide in Mitosis (spindle fibers, centrioles, chromosomes) o	The result of mitosis is two identical cells •	The purpose of chromosomes o	their significance to the cell and relation to genes and DNA. (DNA→genes→chromosomes) o	how they are manipulated in IPMAT stages prior to division. •	That they are duplicated