Cell Division
Practice the stages of mitosis and tell mitosis from meiosis.
Cell Division turns the stages of mitosis into a visual puzzle. The child looks at a drawing of a cell with colored chromosomes and decides whether it is in interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase or cytokinesis. Other rounds ask what is happening in the picture or which stage comes just before or after.
Later levels get more quantitative. Children count X-shaped chromosomes and chromatids, work out how many cells appear after several rounds of division, read a cell cycle wheel with G1, S and G2, and finally compare mitosis with meiosis. It suits a student who knows the vocabulary but struggles to apply it.
What children practice
- Name each stage of mitosis from a drawing of the cell
- Describe what happens to chromosomes in every stage
- Count chromosomes and sister chromatids in a dividing cell
- Read the cell cycle wheel including G1, S and G2
- Explain why cells divide for growth, repair and replacement
- Compare mitosis and meiosis by cells made and chromosome number
Levels
- Level 1: Name the stage
- Level 2: What happens?
- Level 3: What comes next?
- Level 4: Count chromosomes
- Level 5: The cell cycle
- Level 6: Mitosis or meiosis
How it works
- Six levels start with naming stages and end with mitosis versus meiosis.
- A level unlocks once your child has five right answers and finished the practice timer.
- A miss shows a gentle try again message and the question stays open.
- The speaker button reads each question aloud, and a correct answer shows a short explanation.
Best for: A good fit for grades 7 to 10 when students are learning mitosis for the first time or reviewing before a quiz on the cell cycle.
Tip for parents: Ask your child to explain, in their own words, why a skin cell and an egg cell divide differently. If they can say it aloud, the idea has really landed.
Questions parents ask
Does Cell Division cover meiosis as well as mitosis?
Yes. Level 6 asks children to tell which picture shows mitosis or meiosis, how many cells each makes, how many times the cell divides, and what diploid and haploid mean. Earlier levels focus on the stages of mitosis.
Does my child need to memorize the stage order first?
Not before starting. Level 1 asks them to name the stage from a picture, and each correct answer explains what happens there. Level 3 then practices the order with what comes before and after.
Are there counting questions or only vocabulary?
There are counting questions. Level 4 has children count chromosomes and chromatids, and work out how many cells exist after one, two or three rounds of division, so the game checks understanding as well as terms.
Ready to try it?
Cell Division is free with a parent account. A parent adds a child profile, and the child's progress is saved.