This post was editted by Robert Daniels on Nov, 2010
This mini lesson uses Image J and the technique of animation.
http://biology.nebrwesleyan.edu/benham/mitosis/ (No longer available)
Students will download the images and then open them in Image J in order. They will complete two stacks; one for an animal cell and one for a plant cell. They will animate the images to simulate mitosis. This lesson can also be done as a demonstration.
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Mitosis mini lesson
1: Mary Valentine 01:48 PM Sep 15 2007 499:1690 Reply to this post
2: Hassan Warfa 06:14 PM Sep 16 2007 499:1691 Reply to this post
This post was editted by Hassan Warfa on Sep, 2007
What are the steps to download the images to the Image J? Are they gonna copy and paste? Or is there another way of doing it?
What are the steps to download the images to the Image J? Are they gonna copy and paste? Or is there another way of doing it?
3: Mary Valentine 03:34 PM Sep 17 2007 499:1695 Reply to this post
Right click on the image and save to desktop. Open the file in Image J and then you can stack and animate the images.
4: Christine Brasacchio 03:44 PM Sep 17 2007 499:1699 Reply to this post
I love this idea for a lesson. It's simple and will definitley help students to visualize mitosis in action.
5: Amy Hintzman 03:57 PM Sep 17 2007 499:1700 Reply to this post
I agree--a great idea for mitosis. When I have students look at the phases on a slide, I have them count how many are in each phase and find the percent of cells in each phase. That actually is a good estimation of how long each phase takes. I wonder if Excel could tie in here to compile all students' data, find outliers, and graph it?
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