Biology is about studying life, and since you're alive, it's really about you. Hopefully you'll find this very interesting!
Seek to improve your learning by polishing each project (page) in your notebook, until you've earned at least two stamps on each!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

94 Cancer, a closer look

Today's learning goals are:
1.  Learn about the relationship between cancer and cell division (mitosis)
2.  Visually recognize the stages of cell division (PMAT vs I)
3.  Really master the characteristics of the stages of cell division (PMAT)

Keep these in mind as we explore the difference in cancer cells and normal tissue!

Fasten the handout to page 94 in your notebook
Complete the questions above the data table
Go to the virtual lab here
follow the instructions for the virtual lab and record your data in the data table.
Answer the question at the bottom of the data table.

Need help calculating percents?  Do it like this:
Cells in mitosis - first add up all the cells in p or m or a or t = P+M+A+T
Let's say that there is 1 cell out of 20 in mitosis.  1/20 * 100% = 5%
Now there should be 19 in interphase, so 19/20 * 100% = 95%
does 5% + 95% = 100%  --> yes, so we're probably doing it correctly :-)


When done, work on something else in your notebook, or go above and beyond by researching something that interests you about cancer.

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