Essential Question

What is the role of Mitosis in Producing and Maintaining complex Organisms?

In order for our cells to grow and for us to develop we need Mitosis.  The cell cycle explains how our cells go through their daily functions and grow to maintain homeostasis.  We will look at what happens if something in this cycle GOES WRONG.  
I CAN STATEMENTS
  1. Given a model i can identify and describe the inputs and outputs of mitosis
  2. I can explain how the cell cycle leads to growth and repair of multi-cellular organisms 
What is the Cell Cycle?  How does it keep our cells healthy and growing?
It is important for our Cell Cycle to continue to happen correctly.  There are major issues that might happen if something goes wrong with cell Division or DNA replicaiton
Axolotl research video show in class
Very good video to help explain how our cells become specialized. 

Academic Vocabulary

Cell Cycle
Interphase
Mitosis
S-Phase
G1
G2
Homologous Chromosome
Parent Cell
Daughter Cell
Stem Cells
Regeneration
DNA
Cyclins
​Cancer