9th Grade Science

Corbin Williams

Eukaryotic Cells Notes

Unknown Date (2nd Quarter/2020)

Mr. Preston

Freshman Year - JAGS Biology - Investigate the World - Selects and uses multiple international and domestic sources to identify relevant evidence that addresses a global question.

The artifact that I have chosen to represent my freshman science course is my eukaryotic cells notes packet. This is a packet of notes that I took during my JAGS biology course with Mr. Preston during what I remember to be the second quarter of the year. The artifact includes a packet made up of four pages, all with important information of eukaryotic cells. The ISSN domain that I have connected to this artifact is “Investigate the World.” It is always very important to investigate the world, but that does not always mean it has to be global policies or world issues. In this case, I investigated the world by taking a close look at a subject area that is very important to our understanding of life and biology: eukaryotic cells. This lesson taught me a lot about these unique types of cells and how they become so many different types of life, such as plants, animals and fungi. This lesson came after our lesson on prokaryotes, which are slightly less complex cells and create things like bacteria.

Like he did with most of our lessons in biology, Mr. Preston handed out a great packet on eukaryotic cells that we were to fill out during class and for homework. The note packet was titled 1E Notes and contained four pages detailing a lot of useful information on eukaryotic cells that we did a lot with over the course of the school year. The first page of the packet, seen in the artifact below, was a general fill in the back page over the basic definitions and properties of these types of cells. The second page was probably the most interesting and most important for me as it gave us the opportunity to label numerous different parts of two very detailed but easy on the eye diagrams of plant and animal cells (both eukaryotic). The final two pages of the packet are useful vocabulary terms relating to parts of different kinds of eukaryotic cells. In addition to the terms, the pages include definitions as well as what kind of cells these things are found in, and both pages are highlighted.

Just like investigating the world, becoming a global citizen does not always mean global policies and world issues. Simply obtaining important knowledge such as basic biology and specifically eukaryotic cells can give you an important skill set that can be very valuable in a largely global society where many people have different skill sets and different knowledge. Biology can also play a large role in many global issues and discussions. This is why basic knowledge of cells and life in biology can help me become more of a global citizen. I have shown a great interest in cells throughout biology and I still enjoy reading about them to this day which shows my growth as a JAGS student.