Every organism that ever evolved, started from a simple unicellular structure which can be regarded as a living entityBiology as a field is aimed at studying organisms and lives at different levels. This ranges from the simple unicellular organism such as, amoeba, bacteria to the most advanced organisms such as humans, elephant etcThis course is aimed at making students understand the basic concept of cell, as well as its structures and it functions. The importance of cell cannot be overemphasized, be it unicellular organism or multicellular organism, every organism is made up of cells. Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. In this course we shall be answering the following questions: What are the structural differences between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?Organelles unique to plant cells?Why should a plant absorb mineral ions by active transport and not by diffusion?Why the need for cell differentiation and cell specialisation?What are the advantages of stem cells to humanity?What is the advantage of electron microscope over light microscope?In this course we shall be discussing: Cell structureCell organelles all subcellular structuresSimilarities and differences in plant and animal cells to stopWe shall be looking at cell divisionDifferences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellsCell differentiation as well as specialisation. Introduction into microscopy, as well as different types of microscopesHow to calculate magnification of a light microscopeCulturing of microorganisms. How to use a light microscope to examine an onion cell and the cheek cellTransport across cell membrane using diffusion, osmosis active transport. Going over some essential experimentsYou shall be serving past questions on every segments, and lots more
