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Mitosis Flip-Book
This activity will give you a great opportunity to use your artistic skills to learn about
mitosis.
Materials:
 5 sheets of paper
 markers, colored pencils, etc
 stapler
 textbook, or a good diagram of stages of mitosis, for reference
Preparation: Cut each sheet of paper into quarters or eighths. The paper must all
be the same size.
Method:
1. You can make your books as detailed as you want, as long as you realize you’ll
be drawing a lot of very similar pictures.
2. To make a good flip-book, each successive picture should vary a tiny bit from
the preceding picture. When you flip the book, the animation should be fairly
smooth. At least 20 to 25 pages is suggested.
3. Imagine mitosis as a smooth process. Mitosis doesn’t happen in 5 to 6 static
frames, the way it’s depicted in textbooks. Emphasize the movement of
chromosomes.
4. Use the textbook diagrams to help draw the cell in mitosis. Remember the
changes to chromosomes, the nuclear membrane, spindle fibers, cell
membrane, etc.
Conclusion:
 Write an outline that describes each step of mitosis. This outline should
describe the steps that you have done in your flip book.
Assessment: I should be able to answer yes all of these question as I grade
your work
 Does the book have all 6 phases of mitosis?
 Can you see the centrioles, chromosomes, & spindle fibers throughout the flip
book?
 Does the flip book show a smooth transition to each phases (make sure it looks
similar to the animations that we saw in class on the computer)?
 Did the book have 20-25 pages?
 Did the book include an outline of the 6 phases?
 Does the description match the details in the flip book?
Mitosis Flip Book Grading Rubric
The flip book must include all of the following. Your grading scale will be out of 30 total points.
Includes all 6 phases of the cell cycle
10pts
Each phase includes all necessary parts (centrioles, chromosomes, spindle fibers, etc)
5pts
Show smooth transitions to each phase (20-25pgs)
5pts
Report outlining each of the 6 phases where descriptions match the details in the book
5pts
Colorful with effort shown
5pts
Total
/30