Cell Biology – End-of-term reflection

Something I learned in this class that has/will help me make connections in the field of marine biology was learning about metabolism. Specifically, learning about bacteria photosynthesis and visually seeing the different parts in the chloroplast. This specific topic will help me make connections due to the variety of phytoplankton and marine plant species that use photosynthesis to stay alive. Although we didn’t dive too deep into the specifics, understanding the basic formation and structure of chlorophyll as well as Photosystem II will broaden my understanding of what is going on behind the scenes when it comes to learning about the different types of marnie plant species and different phytoplankton.

Cell Biology – Find me a Meme Activity

I have decided to create this meme gif based off the animated sitcom The Simpsons season 16 episode 19, “Thank God it’s Doomsday,” when Homer is walking around with the famous “the end is near” sign. This meme reflects how I feel about cell biology at this point in the semester because although much of the material that I have learned so far is really interesting and important there is quite a lot of it. Personally, for me, I do find a lot of the material to be quite hard to understand due to being a visual hands-on learner, and while the images and videos in the slides and recordings do help, it can be difficult to fully comprehend. Since I cannot touch the cells and actually see how protein tracking, for example, is actually working within my body, I have been finding it hard to fully understand how certain topics work and am glad “the end is near.”