Hey guys! Lets take a look at what today's lesson is in the Super Why book! 

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Wow! Mitosis! What an interesting topic. We can't wait to teach you all about it!

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Mitosis

To jump in to Mitosis, let's start off with what it is. Mitosis is a  process of cell making during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identical daughter cells. Mitosis is used to describe the duplication and distribution of chromosomes, the structures that carry the genetic information.

These bubbles with words below them are the 5 stages of mitosis, each of us will be explaining these steps and breaking them down so you can learn the process of mitosis!

Hey guys! My name is Alpha Pig and today, I'll be teaching you about the first  step in mitosis, called the interphase! Your going to learn about it in both animal and plant cells, super cool!

During interphase, our cells duplicate almost everything! You can see in the picture that our chromosomes, that are actually called chromatin right now, are a lot more abundant in the second picture than the first. That is because the DNA is duplicated, so there is A LOT more.

Animal Cell: 

Similar to the animal cell, in the plant cell, all the cells information and DNA is being duplicated as seen in the nucleus because there's a lot more. This one cell is preparing to become two by slowly building up that wall in the middle of the two nucleus. 

Plant Cell: 

Hey! My name is Little Red Riding Hood, and i'm here to help you understand the second phase of mitosis,  prophase. Just like Alpha Pig, me and the rest of super team will be telling you the phases in both animal and plant cells. 

During Prophase, those little fiber looking structures, chromatin, become more tightly coiled and folded to form chromosomes, and each of these duplicated chromosomes join together. The last thing that happens in prophase is the formation of a finger like structure called the mitotic spindle that grow out from the centrosomes. You can think of this as fingernails growing from your fingers. The same thing happens in plant cells but instead of those finger like projections coming from the centrioles, they assemble without them because plant cells don't have them

Animal Cell:

Plant Cells: 

Hi guys! My name is Woofster. After interphase and prophase, we move onto  metaphase. Metaphase is super cool and I cannot wait to teach you guys about it! Woof woof!