nucleus is like the brain of the cell

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An example of a simile used by a learner:

"'cause we did about plant and animal cells in Biology, so it's got a nucleus…

It's kind of like, the brain of the cell kind of. It's, it's what gets the cell to do everything, it's like, the core of the cell."

Bert, Y10 student

Bert was a participant in the Understanding Science Project. Read: 'The nucleus is the brain of the cell'.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.