​​​TashaDavis​

In our first science unit we learned about cells living inside and outside our body. Living creatures such as humans, animals, and plants are ENTIRELY made up of different types of cells that, in which, no two groups of cells could live without the other. These creatures are called “multicellular”. Cells that do not make up a larger being are called “single cellular”. These cells do everything necessary for survival by themselves. They are independent and need absolutely no help from other cells at all.

 

The purpose of this lesson was to learn and understand that cells are everything we are and everything we eat. Water is not made of cells but single cellular organisms live in the water. Single cellular organisms live in water, soil, and on several different surfaces.

 

We looked at our skin and cheek cells under a microscope and saw that they were different even though they both create a human being. They both need each other to survive. We drew what the cells looked like at 40x, 100x, and 400x magnification. We actually got to see the nucleus. It was beautiful.

 

For me, the coolest thing I learned was that even though I was aware that I was entirely made of cells; I never actually thought about the fact that every single itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, piece of me was made of cells. I thought it was so cool that I created a story about how we are just a machine to house cells and that they control every movement and thought we make! That would be pretty cool!

 

I think that my biggest struggle was trying to go back and forth from the microscope to my science book so I could draw the cells. I didn’t have time to capture every detail of each cell like I wanted because my partners and I had to move on.

 

During the ‘Cells Science Unit’, I had to work with my lab partners, Bri Perkins, and Whitney White. Together we learned how to use the microscopes. We took turns going and getting materials, finding the perfect focus (it helped that we all have the same vision), and summarizing what we learned to each other. I had to revise several sketches of cells (because I admit that I’m a perfectionist), and took notes on living yogurt. And yes, yogurt is alive.

 

One of the qualities that I used during the cells unit was creativity because I took a thing that is hard to comprehend and I twisted it around into a way where it is easier to understand and make relations.

 

A second quality that I used was communication. I used communication when my partners and I shared our ideas and thoughts in a way that contributed helpfully to our research.