- Ask pupils how they think new cells are made, and discuss different ideas that may arise.
- Provide plant material to illustrate active cell division,
eg filamentous green algae, budding yeast, broad bean roots, for microscope examination under low magnification. Ask pupils to suggest how they might identify cells that are making new cells, and to locate and identify cells that may have recently divided, giving reasons.
- Using these observations and secondary sources of evidence,
eg photographs or video images of dividing cells, help pupils to sequence photographs of cell division. Prompt them with questions,
eg Why does the nucleus divide first? Consolidate by providing pupils with diagrams of the same process to sequence and annotate.
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- explain that growth of living things occurs by cells dividing to make new cells, and these cells increasing in size
- represent the process of cell division as a sequence that begins with division of the nucleus
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