Hey guys and welcome back to my blog today I will be talking about my most recent scimatics project. I really enjoyed this project since it focused about reproduction and I already know lots since my mom is a labor and delivery nurse. The final outloook for this project was to create a model to represent the phases of mitosis and meiosis.

Our first milestone for this project was to create a project start mindmap and to include questions, thoughts and examples. I decided to add questions about the project and a few details on what I already know of this topic.

For our second milestone we were assigned a khan academy unit to complete. The unit had multiple explanatory videos on what mitosis and meiosis are and many more details about them, there were also little quizzes after 2 or 3 videos, and at the end there is a unit test and one you Finnish the test you screen shot the page and hand it in.

The next milestone was quite fun and brought out the creativity in me. For this milestone we had to learn how to use this program called Tinkercad which is kinda like a model or design software (kind of like sketchup) I love using these programs for designing and creating models. Our models had to represent the different phases of meiosis and mitosis.

Our final milestone was to create a narrated video explaining the phases of meiosis and mitosis and the similarities and differences between the two.

phases of meiosis:
In many ways, meiosis is a lot like mitosis. … Since cell division occurs twice during meiosis, one starting cell can produce four gametes (eggs or sperm). In each round of division, cells go through four stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

phases of mitosis:
Mitosis consists of four basic phases: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. … These phases occur in strict sequential order, and cytokinesis – the process of dividing the cell contents to make two new cells – starts in anaphase or telophase. Stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase.

similarities and differences:
Mitosis produces two cells from one parent using one division event. But meiosis produces four new child cells with two divisions, each of which has half the genetic material of its parent. Mitosis takes place all over the body, while meiosis only takes place in the sex organs and produces sex cells.

I really enjoyed this project and I hope that we get to learn more around this topic. I have really enjoyed this year of scimatics and I am looking forwards to next year.