Erase the outlines as you go along and re-draw the boundaries of nuclei.Place your chromosomes in this and walk through each stage of Meiosis.Draw a large circle on the paper to represent the cell and the nucleus with a pencil.It is not necessary to draw each individual bead. Draw and label the pop- bead chromosomes for ONE of the phases on a separate sheet. Simulate Mitosis: Move the “chromosomes” through each of the four stages of mitosis.Attach the identical replicas (chromatids) by their magnetic centromeres. Simulate S phase: Replicate your chromosomes by making an identical set of pop-it bead chromosomes (you should have a total of eight pop-it bead strands four long and four short).The two long chromosomes are one homologous pair the two short chromosomes are the second homologous pair. The two long chromosomes should each have the same number of beads, as should the two short chromosomes. Make 4 chromosomes: two long chromosomes (one red and one yellow) and two short chromosomes (one red and one yellow).We will use red to identify the chromosome from the mother and yellow for the chromosome from the father.

Start with a cell with a chromosome number of 4 (4 chromosomes, or 2 homologous pairs). Imagine that the beads represent long stretches of DNA that comprises the genetic instructions for the cell. We will use the pop-it beads to simulate the process that chromosomes undergo during cell division. and meiosis in a way where it is visual and manipulative. This activity can also be found bundled at a significant discount in my Mitosis and the Cell Cycle - Complete 5E Lesson Bundle. Pop-beads are small, colored beads that can be joined together to simulate chromosome strands. The Mitosis Flip Book Activity is designed to get kids really looking at the process of mitosis in a hands-on way.

Mitosis simulation activity flip book