Molecular Visualization: Do this and answer questions in your notebook

Go to the Molecular Visualization Link on my Website (look under links not documents).  The purpose of this activity is for you to become familiar with the structural and 3-D conformation of organic molecules.  You should also pick up some interesting information by reading the text for each molecule. Pay special attention to the differences between the 4 polysaccharides (glycogen, amylose, amylopectin, and cellulose) because that is a specific syllabus requirement.

1. Click on glucose and observe it (it is under carbohydrates).  Use the cursor to rotate it.  Read the text on glucose.  Write at least 2 new observations down about glucose.
2. Now do the same with the following carbohydrates:  fructose, glycogen, amylose, amylopectin, and glycogen
3. Now go to the lipid category and do the same with glycerol, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, one of the fatty acids (name it), and finally, trigycerides.