Cellular Transportation, Mitosis & Meiosis
Webquest

Task 1:  
Visit the website http://www.educypedia.be/education/biologycelldiffusion.htm

Pretend you want to design a website about osmosis and diffusion involving cells.  You decide to visit some exiting websites for hints. Visit five of the links from the website above about diffusion and osmosis.  Read through their tutorials and look at their animations.  For each one, write their explanation of diffusion and osmosis, make a simplified drawing of their animation, and then indicate how accurate you believe their animation is and how you would improve it. 
Website Visited	Website’s description of diffusion & osmosis	Sketch of their animations	Accuracy & Improvements 	

				

				

				

				

				

Task 2: 
Pretend that a philanthropist (person who gives money to charitable causes) is thinking about giving money for cancer research to a firm who claims cancer is caused by ghosts.  Your job is to convince him that cancer is caused by an error in cellular division.  Visit the following websites, outline the process of cell division & mitosis, then write a SHORT letter to the philanthropist explaining the link between cell division and cancer.  
Websites:
http://biology-animations.blogspot.com/2007/12/mitosis-animation.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjDw18HJto
http://www.biology.iupui.edu/biocourses/N100/2k2ch8mitosis.html
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

Outline the Process of Cell Division and Mitosis: 

	
Write your short letter to the philanthropist:
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Task 3:  
Start by reading the NOVA article “18 Ways to Make a Baby,” located at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/18ways.html. Pick any of the methods past 4 (that means 5 and up). Explain that process, outline the process of meiosis, and then mention any problems that might arise between the two processes.  Meiosis animations can be seen at:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh7c8YbYGqo
http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm
http://www.johnkyrk.com/meiosis.html
Explanation of Way to Make a Baby	Outline how meiosis fits into that	Possible Problems between two processes