In meiosis each cell ends up with exactly one-half the number of chromosomes that it originally had. The first division of cells is mitosis with the number of chromosomes staying the same. In the second division, each of the two new cells divide again, but the number of chromosomes does not change during this division. This results in the new cells having one-half the number of chromosomes. Meiosis is often called reduction division because the new cells have half the normal number of chromosomes.
Students can view prepared slides of prokaryotic and eucaryotic cells.
They will make drawings of each and describe the difference between each. Students label drawing of stages of mitosis. Students examine prepared slides of onion root tip under microscope. We have studied three ways that cell division occur. The cell simply divides in half.