Download Mitosis Flip-book

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Mitosis Flip-Book
Purpose: You will create a flip book to illustrate the stages of cell mitosis. A flip book is a
way to do a carton animation showing gradual change on each page. Illustrate the four
phases of mitosis AND include Interphase and cytokinesis. The viewer will start at the
BACK of your book and flip forward. Accuracy and effort are rewarded.
Materials:
Sheets of paper
Markers, colored pencils, etc
Stapler
Textbook, or good diagram of stages of mitosis, for reference
Preparation: Cut each sheet of paper into quarter 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.
Suggest at least twenty or twenty-five pages in total.
3. Imagine mitosis as a smooth process. Mitosis doesn’t happen in 4 or 5 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.
Assessment:
 Flip books analyzed for the correct depiction of the interphase and M phase (i.e.,
chromosome placement, presence of nuclear membrane)
 All the phases must be labeled along with the correct structures in the phase.
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Mitosis Flipbook Rubric
After you have completed the assignment, please hand in this rubric and assignment
Format
3 points
2 points
1 point
Pages
Pages are the same size & begin at
back
Binding
No loose pages, and the binding is
not easily broken
Phase Pages
All phases have at least 4 sketches
The number per page
is almost adequate
The # of chromosomes is correct
for each phase
Student
score
Teache
r score
/23
/23
/33
/33
Pages are just large
enough to see
drawing
An attempt to bind
pages was made
Content
Chromosomes
Phase have correct # of
chromosomes and the
pairs clearly line up and
separate
Nuclear
Envelope
Nuclear envelope is present and
absent in the correct phases
Spindle fibers
Spindle fiber placement with
centrioles is accurate
The number of
chromosomes in the
starting and ending
cells is correct
Nuclear envelope is
included in the flip
book
Spindle fivers appear
in the correct phase
Cell membrane
Cell membrane is present and
divides in the correct phase
Cell membrane is
present
Centrioles
Correct placement of centrioles
are present
Centrioles are
present
Phase Titles
Each page is titled with the correct
phase
Most pages are titled
with the correct
phase
Animation
No skips or jumps occurs between
phase or across pages
Clarity
Bold drawings, no faint pencil
marks, no major eraser smudges,
legible writing
Some skips and
jumps occur, but the
intent is clear
without error
Clear enough to
count chromosomes
and recognize
structures
Drawings
Total
Bonus:
creativity
Extra time and effort
went into the project to
make it stand out
10 points
Elements of color. Humor, etc.
were incorporated
5 points
More than plain
pencil and eraser
were used to create
the flip book
2 points
Grand Total