Reflecting back on the course

If I had to choose three major themes of this course they would include: connection, creating energy, and the building blocks of life. The first theme is connection, which includes topics and ideas from other courses that have been incorporated into this course. These include knowledge of glycolysis, chemistry and proteins. The second theme pertains to glycolysis, the krebs cycle and the electron transport chain. All of these processes create the energy used to sustain life. The last theme covers the topics of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids and the associated mechanisms, including transcription and translation, that are the building blocks of life.