The Cell Theory
Pattern number 1
My topic is dealing with Cells and the Cell Theory. There is a clear, pattern with cells; anyone who has ever viewed them under a microscope can confirm that. Cells are patterned as either oval or circular and square or rectangle. The reason Robert Hooke coined them "cells" was because they looked like the little rooms where monks resided. The Cell Theory states that all cells come from existing cells; I tried to portray that in the short (and very simple) video I made. This pattern usually makes the idea of the Cell Theory fairly easy to grasp.
My topic is dealing with Cells and the Cell Theory. There is a clear, pattern with cells; anyone who has ever viewed them under a microscope can confirm that. Cells are patterned as either oval or circular and square or rectangle. The reason Robert Hooke coined them "cells" was because they looked like the little rooms where monks resided. The Cell Theory states that all cells come from existing cells; I tried to portray that in the short (and very simple) video I made. This pattern usually makes the idea of the Cell Theory fairly easy to grasp.
Pattern number 2
Patterning
Patterning is a repetitive form or pattern that can be used to predict what happens next. Coincidentally, I have been covering patterning in my classes for the past few weeks. When teaching students the art of questioning, I teach them to see if there are any patterns among sets of data or information in order to develop good questions and good hypotheses. My original pattern was a short video to show one of the parts of the cell theory, all cells come from existing cells. A cell divides into two; those two divide into four, and so on. It starts with one microscopic piece, but ends up with millions of cells which create various life forms. All life is formed this way.
My new pattern is a video of various slides of cells. It is a demonstration of how the concept of the cell is the same, yet the shapes may be different. The photos are microscopic images, and if one were to glance at them, one may think they were just a puddle of various or similar shapes. This is the pattern that students will view while looking at cells under the microscope. There are some pieces that they'll be able to identify from this pattern, such as the cell membrane (and in some cases, the nucleus). It's more important for them to know that the image is of hundreds of cells.
I feel that these images will help contribute to the hypothesis that all life is made up of the same kind of tools. Even though organisms may look different and act different, when it gets down to the cellular level, all organisms are made up of the same basic building blocks. If my students can grasp this pattern, then they'll be able to view all organisms in a similar way. I hope that this will help them gain some background knowledge of life because one we cover DNA, they'll learn that all life is made up from only four different nucleotides, which is another pattern that they'll have to learn, as well as twenty amino acids, which are simply rearranged to create different life forms.
My new pattern is a video of various slides of cells. It is a demonstration of how the concept of the cell is the same, yet the shapes may be different. The photos are microscopic images, and if one were to glance at them, one may think they were just a puddle of various or similar shapes. This is the pattern that students will view while looking at cells under the microscope. There are some pieces that they'll be able to identify from this pattern, such as the cell membrane (and in some cases, the nucleus). It's more important for them to know that the image is of hundreds of cells.
I feel that these images will help contribute to the hypothesis that all life is made up of the same kind of tools. Even though organisms may look different and act different, when it gets down to the cellular level, all organisms are made up of the same basic building blocks. If my students can grasp this pattern, then they'll be able to view all organisms in a similar way. I hope that this will help them gain some background knowledge of life because one we cover DNA, they'll learn that all life is made up from only four different nucleotides, which is another pattern that they'll have to learn, as well as twenty amino acids, which are simply rearranged to create different life forms.