The Weeks of 10/28/2019-11/8/2019 and End of the Quarter!

The End of Quarter 1 is this week.  My deadline for late work and extra credit is Tuesday, 10/29!  Grades will be finalized on Thursday 10/31 by me.

• Tues 10/29:  Notes on Carbohydrates and start notes on lipids.  Using model kits, make glucose and then link it with the glucose of another group, showing condensation synthesis.  Also, make a fatty acid with the model kits and possibly glycerol and then link 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acids from different groups, showing the formation of a triglyceride.  Read 2.3 if not already.
• Thurs 10/31:  More notes on lipids.  Saturated vs unsaturated fats and their properties.  How to calculate BMI.  Do DBQ's on p. 81 and pp 85-86 in your notebook.  Use molecular visualization software (link on website) to observe different polysaccharides.   Answer questions in your notebook.  Read 2.4.
• Tues 11/5:   Protein worksheet done in class.  
• Thurs 11/7:  More on proteins.  Make clay models of a monosaccharide, and amino acid, and a fatty acid or glycerol.  Start nucleic acids.  Read 2.6.