DNA Unit Reflection

The learning outcomes for this unit is cell oriented. DNA are the most basic unit of replication, and have obvious important implications for the rest of biology, especially in the human systems that we study (nervous, endocrine, and immune systems).

I feel that I was able to fulfill science practice #4 in this unit via the DNA fingerprinting lab, where I was able to empirically discover how DNA works.

I additionally was able to apply SP7. Unit 1 was about DNA, and how different creatures and bacteria evolved into what they are today. The Endosymbiotic cell theory is the theory that the mitochondria was actually a prokaryote that for some reason or another entered a modern eukaryote and helped it. This gave it an advantage, and the characteristic spread until eventually it spread to the extent that it has today.


AP Science Practices
SP1:The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.
SP2: The student can use mathematics appropriately.
SP3: The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to guide investigations within the context of the AP course.
SP4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies appropriate to a particular scientific question.
SP5: The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence.
SP6: The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.
SP7: The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across various scales, concepts and representations in and across domains.rent creatures and bacteria evolved into what they are today. The Endosymbiotic cell theory is the theory that the mitochondria was actually a prokaryote that for some reason or another entered a modern eukaryote and helped it. This gave it an advantage, and the characteristic spread until eventually it spread to the extent that it has today.