Unit 5 Reflection

This unit was about DNA, and how proteins are formed. This is a very complicated process, and occurs very fast in our cells. It is important to understand how everything works. You originally have a strand of DNA in the nucleus. Then DNA Polymerase copies that DNA, and creates RNA. This mRNA leaves the nucleus, and heads for the ribosomes. Once it reaches the ribosomes, it goes through the RNA's instructions on how to build a protein. Once it has gone through the instructions, a protein is formed! My greatest weakness is vocabulary. I always struggle memorizing vocabulary, and also some of the more deep concepts. On the other hand, I am good at understanding how all the processes work. I also don't have trouble remembering what is actually going on in the cell. From this unit, I basically learned how I am alive. People need proteins to survive, and this is the process that explains how proteins are built. The infographic really helped me understand all the main ideas because building it was reviewing the content. I defiantly am happy I worked hard on my infographic because it helped me grasp all the ideas that the newer course material builds on. I defiantly think i am a better student today because of my further biology knowledge. I do have a question that I would like to learn more about. How does that RNA reading factory in the ribosomes work. It looks really interesting because of how all the pieces move around. I have tried to study with a bunch of different styles because I am a multimodal learner. This has proven good and bad. To study with many different types of studying (Visual, Written, etc) it requires much more time. I defiantly need to put aside much more time to study.

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