Cell Division - Mitosis and Meiosis

✓ Engaging powerpoint
✓ Recaps previous learning
✓ Lots of short AFL tasks
✓ Exam question examples

This lesson on Mitosis and Meiosis is designed for KS4 Science students enrolled in the CIE Cambridge IGCSE Biology 0610 (2023-25) course. This is the second lesson in the topic 17 Inheritance.

The lesson recaps previous learning from other linked topics to ensure students have a strong foundation before diving into the material. It also includes concise and easy-to-understand information and a variety of quick assessment for learning tasks to help students solidify their understanding of the topic. There is a strong emphasis on answering exam questions, with examples and the mark scheme included in the presentation.

Objectives:

• Describe mitosis as nuclear division giving rise to genetically identical cells (details of the stages of mitosis are not required)
• State the role of mitosis in growth, repair of damaged tissues, replacement of cells and asexual reproduction
• State that the exact replication of chromosomes occurs before mitosis
• State that during mitosis, the copies of chromosomes separate, maintaining the chromosome number in each daughter cell
• Describe stem cells as unspecialised cells that divide by mitosis to produce daughter cells that can become specialised for specific functions
• State that meiosis is involved in the production of gametes
• Describe meiosis as a reduction division in which the chromosome number is halved from diploid to haploid resulting in genetically different cells (details of the stages of meiosis are not required)

This lesson would also be adaptable for all GCSE students (whether AQA, Edexcel, OCR) and great for KS3 Science or as a GCSE revision resource.