Lesson 4: Cells Exploration Monday 20 September 2010

That day, we were to work in groups of 3 or 4 to create a magnified version of a cell. My group, which consists of Zulhilmi, Wei Wen and me, decided to create an animal cell. We were supposed to choose some materials from the front of the laboratory to use in our cell. Wei Wen and I chose almost everything to put in the agar-agar, which is the cytoplasm of the cell. At first, we were at a loss as we had a huge supply of materials. However, we sorted the different parts of the cell out and decided on the material to be used to represent the cell part. We managed to successfully use all the materials we have taken. During the process of creating our animal cell, Wei Wen took plentiful photos. We were to use these photos to come up with a photo story. Simply put, it means that we have to arrange these pictures in an order to tell a cell story.Zul also took several snapshots of our final product together with Wei wen from different angles. I feel that this hands-on experiment is a really interesting way to learn about the cell parts and where they are located. Instead of reading from textbooks, we are able to have fun and at the same time, learn about cells. I hope that we are able to conduct more of these kind of experiments!