The three themes that I can identify from this course are molecules,
structures and function. The first several chapters we focused on had to do
with the building blocks of life. What and how the simple pieces fit into the
larger structures. For example we studied amino acids which are important for
DNA/RNA structure. We then focused on structures and how they are built affects
what role they will play in the cell, their function. For example DNA/RNA contains
information based on what sequences they contain, they ultimately participate
in the control of the functioning of the entire cell. And lastly, function. We
studied several important cellular metabolic processes that carry out life
sustaining reactions. For example an enzyme is coded for in DNA/RNA and once expressed
has a role in glycolysis which provides energy for the cell. The themes from
the material in this course are connected to each other because they build on
each other. Each piece of information is important to gain the big picture of
what is going on in the cell.
I have studied much of the material that we covered in this
class in previous science courses. However, I have gained the big picture in
this class. I now have a perspective of how reactions happen in the cell and
why. Before this course gene regulation, metabolism and cellular respiration
were disjointed pieces of information in my mind but now they flow and I can
see how they are connected.
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