After reading the article asssigned to us this week I had multiple thoughts. Overall I found the articel quite interesting and insightful. I specifically enjoyed the analogy the author mentioned comparing a cell to a large crowd. His explanation of the activity of letting the student describe the problems a crowd would face in a public event and then relating it back to the activity and challenges a cell faces was very, very intriguing. The author did a fantastic job of showing specific examples presented in the activity, for example a problem a large crowd may face could stem from concession or food, meanwhile on a cellular level gaining nutrient is of the utmost importance and a challenge each cell faces often. This simplification of the analogy would be very useful in a intro level biology class and Im sure with a few tweaks it could also be helpful in the upper level classes.
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