Unit 3 Reflection

In this unit, we focused on cells. We focused on what cells are, what cells do, and the specific processes that take place inside the cell. Some of the main topics we covered this unit were diffusion and osmosis, the function and location of the organelles in the cell, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration.

We started this unit off learning about the cell in a general way, as in we learned what a cell was, what the cell theory was, and what was in a cell. But as the unit progressed, we learned more about the specific processes in the cell such as photosynthesis and cellular respiration, two particularly difficult aspects of this unit for me. The picture below shows the process of light-dependent reactions in photosynthesis.

Smaller processes such as osmosis and diffusion were easier to understand. Understanding osmosis and diffusion was particularly helpful when learning about membranes as those concepts explained how particles come in and out and what the job of the membrane is.

However, since I was also able to clearly understand what a cell was and the functions and locations of the organelles, I was finally able to understand what photosynthesis and cellular respiration were and how they took place.

But learning about photosynthesis and cellular respiration, two difficult topics for me, helped me adjust my learning and studying habits by spending more time on each topic and watching extra videos, when trying to understand the topics, making me a better student.

The video below helped me understand the topic of cellular respiration better.

                  Although this unit is over, I still wonder and am interested in understanding the timeframe in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration happen.