Dance Mitosis

Objective: Create a dance the models the phases of a cells life cycle including the stages of mitosis and shoes the transitions between stages.
Phases:
Interphase: Cell grows and DNA duplicates
Prophase: Spindles begin to form and chromosomes become visible and Nuclear Envelope breaks down, and centrioles separate.
Metaphase: Chromosomes line up across the center of the cell and is connected to spindle fibers at the centromere
Anaphase: Sister Chromatids separated and moved apart
Telophase: Chromosome gather at the opposite ends of the cells, loose their shape and two new nuclear envelopes form
Cytokinesis:cytoplasm pinches in half and each daughter cell has an identical set of duplicated chromosomes

Dance Mitosis Awesome Good Good enough Not Good Enough Missing the Beat
Rubric
(30 pts) 5 4 3 2 1
Performs all Phases of Performs all the stages Performs all the Performs most Performs cell cycle out
the cell cycle in correct of the cell cycle in stages of the cell phases of the cell of sequence.
Sequence of sequence leaving out no sequence with 1 or 2 cycle with key cycle but maintains
the Cell Cycle important parts of the omissions. omission but sequence of phases.
U process. maintains sequence
s of phases.
i Shifts phases smoothly Shifts phases smoothly There are transition Tried to do phase Did not attempt phase
n almost all the time. It is It is usually easy for between phases. shifting but it was shifting it was very
g Phase
easy for the audience to the audience to tell All phases are not successful. and difficult for the
Shifting
tell which phase is which phase is present Often difficult for audience to tell which
K happening and then they happening. audience to identify phase was happening.
n are changing . phase.
o Connections between Connections between There is a connection Connections Phases and concepts
w phases and concepts of phases and concepts between the phases between phases of the cell cycle seem
l the cell cycle are of the cell cycle are and concepts of the and concepts of the very disconnected. It is
e creative, clearly clearly expressed and cell cycle, but they cell cycle are very difficult to figure
d Transitions expressed, and appropriate. are not always sometimes hard to out the process.
g appropriate. smooth figure out. More
e detail or better
transitions needed.

Using Knowledge 12/15

 Movements clearly Movements clearly Movements Movements Movements do not
represents all the Phases represents all the represents all the represents all the represents all the
and Phases Phases Phases but not Phases
I video has movements And and clearly
n that clearly represents video has movements video has movements or
q Movement the all key structures and that clearly represents that represents most Video has as
u Models moments in the stages all the key moments of the key moments movements that
i in the stages in the stages represents less than
r half of the key
i moments in the
n stages
g
Video is edited to Video is edited to Video clearly shows Video does not Video does not
a maximize understanding increase the dancers and their clearly show the highlight the dancers
n and understanding and movements dancers or their or their movements
d Any text or voice-over text or voice-over is movements
adds to the not distracting from Video lasts less than
Video
D understanding of the the understanding of Video lasts 40-45 40 seconds.
e performance. the performance. seconds.
s video lasts 405-49
i video lasts at least 60 video lasts 50-59 seconds.
g seconds. seconds.
n Participation All group members All group members All group members Not all group Planning and practice
i /Collaboratio participated in both participated in participated in members time was squandered.
n n and Time planning and performance but did performance but not performed.
g performance. not all collaborate in all appear on screen
Use
planning.

Inquiring and Designing 13/15

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