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ABSTRACT
Although mitosis and meiosis are fundamental to understanding genetics, students often find them
difficult to learn. We suggest using common “pool noodles” as teaching aids to represent chromatids in
classroom demonstrations. Students use these noodles to demonstrate the processes of synapsis, segrega-
tion, and recombination. Student feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.