You are required to write an illustrated report that includes the sections outlined below.
About this Unit
You are required to write an illustrated report that includes the sections outlined in the assignment brief.
Before you begin, you are advised to review your study materials and make note of the relevant areas. You should then research the subject area more widely.
The report should be written using the recommended structure and format for an illustrated report as outlined in the unit 3 (Academic Writing Skills) study materials.
Conclusions and recommendations must stem from your findings and you must ensure that a references list and bibliography are included.
You are permitted to send a draft of this unit’s assignment to your assessor for feedback prior to submitting it for marking. This must be a complete and final draft of your assignment; do not send one question/section at a time. You are only able to have ONE draft reviewed for this unit and this must be prior to your first submission. Once this assignment has been marked, you are not able to send any amended work to your tutor for review.
This unit is ungraded but will be awarded upon successful achievement of all assessment criteria and learning outcomes.
Remember: this assignment has to be all your own work. Whilst properly referenced content is fine and encouraged, any work that is not wholly your own effort has to be acknowledged as such and correctly referenced using the Harvard format.
SECTION ONE
Show that you understand how stem cells differ from normal/abnormal cells by providing written commentary that covers the following criteria. You should use diagrams and/or comparison tables to support your commentary where appropriate.
• Discuss the selected characteristics of living cells.
• Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and explain the impact that viruses have on them.
• Discuss eukaryotic sub-cellular structure and organelles.
SECTION TWO
Demonstrate that you understand cellular metabolism through explanation of the following areas:
• The role of the cell membrane in regulating how nutrients are gained and waste products lost.
• How animal cells use nutrients to provide the energy for growth, movement, and cell division.
• The role of nucleic acids in the nucleus and cytoplasm.
This section also requires you to discuss the synthesis of proteins.
Include diagrams to support your commentary where appropriate.
SECTION THREE
Demonstrate that you understand how cells grow and divide through explanation of the following areas:
• The generation of specialised tissues from embryonic stem cells.
• The process of interphase and factors that initiate cell division, and their importance.
• How the same genetic information is received by each daughter cell.
This section also requires you to compare and contrast cancer cells with normal cells.
You should use diagrams and/or comparison tables to support your commentary where appropriate.
GUIDANCE
Relevant theory must be referenced where appropriate and you must provide a references list and bibliography.
Your report should also contain appropriate drawings and diagrams to support your commentary. If these are taken from published sources they must be referenced accordingly.
The report should be a maximum of 4,000 words in length.
Assessment Criteria
AC 11.1: Discuss selected characteristics of living cells
AC 11.2: Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the impact viruses have on them
AC 11.3: Discuss eukaryotic sub-cellular structure and organelles
AC 21.1: Explain the role of the cell membrane in regulating how nutrients are gained and waste products lost
AC 21.2: Explain how animal cells use nutrients to provide the energy for growth, movement, and cell division
AC 21.3: Explain the role of nucleic acids in the nucleus and cytoplasm
AC 21.4: Discuss the synthesis of proteins
AC 31.1: Explain the generation of specialised tissues from embryonic stem cells
AC 31.2: Explain the importance of interphase and factors that initiate cell division
AC 31.3: Explain how the same genetic information is received by each daughter cell
AC 31.4: Compare and contrast cancer cells with normal cells
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