Example Anatomy Learning Page: The Cell

Discord Server Link

Click here to join the Anatomy and Physiology Discord server, where you and your classmates can learn together and access working groups to learn collaboratively!

Troubleshooting

Any issues with installation, please visit https://discord.com and open Discord in your browser

You will be prompted to create an account. Please make sure your username and profile picture are appropriate to the group (eg. no expletives or inappropriate slang).

Moderation is present on the server, so behave appropriately!

If you are having trouble with voice or video, please go to https://support.discord.com

Once you enter the server, you will find on the left hand menu a "Role selection" chatroom. Please go in there and react to the role menu to assign yourself to a working group. If you do not assign yourself to a working group, one will be assigned to you.

Working Groups

Use your working group to introduce yourself, sharing only what you feel comfortable sharing. It could be why you're studying anatomy, and what you hope to achieve from this class. Please note that this is a publicly accessible discord server, so please keep personal details to a minimum.

Together in your working groups, go through the work (you will have to mute discord to watch videos on the site as a group).

As you work through the presentations, relate it back to what it means for you and your community - this is one way to learn, but not the only one.

Have a discussion with your classmates in your working group about different thinking and learning styles. Do you think in pictures or words, or do you find hands-on activities help your learning?

Discuss what you expect from this class. Any feedback, please let me know via Discord or email.

Welcome to Anatomy and Physiology (Tabin's version)

Let's open a window into a standard Anatomy and Physiology class. No more two hour lectures - instead this page functions as a stand-alone repository for all your content, which will be followed up by a two hour seminar of acting, videos, discussion and solidifying what you learn here.

Activities

Each of the following activities can be done as part of your pre-class work, and we will go over them in class as well. Take a look at the image here and see if it all makes sense - it is a summary of the major concepts we've discusssed in this topic.

The Cell Game

Drag and drop the components of the cell onto the correct answer.

Hover over the components for a description of their function.

This activity should take you less than 5 minutes, but please feel free to scroll up and down between the game and the notes to check your understanding.

Mitosis

Drag and drop the images of the phases of mitosis into the correct order

Click the audio button for a description of each of the phases. A transcription will be provided below the activity for accessibility.

This activity should take you less than 5 minutes, please feel free to scroll up and down between the game and the notes to check your understanding.

Transcription of audio for Mitosis (Note that descriptions are not in the correct order)

Telophase: A cell in telophase. The nuclear envelope redevelops and the mitotic spindle breaks down.

Interphase: A cell in interphase. Prior to cell division, the DNA is scattered throughout the nucleus as chromatin.

Metaphase: A cell in metaphase. The chromosome pairs line up at the midline of the cell and attach to the mitotic spindle at their centromeres.

Prometaphase: A cell in prometaphase. The nuclear envelope breaks down, the centrioles move to the opposite poles of the cell and the mitotic spindle begins to develop between the centrioles.

Cells in Cytokinesis: Cells undergoing cytokinesis. The cytoplasm becomes separated and two daughter cells are formed.

Anaphase: A cell in anaphase. The sister chromatids of each chromosome pair separate and move along the mitotic spindle towards opposite poles of the cell.

Prophase: A cell in prophase. DNA has been replicated and condensed into chromosomes.

Extension Work

Follow the links below to engage with some journal articles that discuss concepts related to this week's work.

Embryonic Stem Cells

Keller, G. (2005). Embryonic stem cell differentiation: Emergence of a new era in biology and medicine. In Genes and Development (Vol. 19, Issue 10, pp. 1129–1155). https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1303605

Mitosis as an anti-cancer target

Dominguez-Brauer, C., Thu, K. L., Mason, J. M., Blaser, H., Bray, M. R., & Mak, T. W. (2015). Targeting Mitosis in Cancer: Emerging Strategies. Molecular Cell, 60(4), 524–536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.11.006

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