Unit 1: The Chemistry of Life
Reading:
- BJU Biology: Ch. 2
- OpenStax Biology: Ch. 2 & 3
Summary
We start the course with an overview of the chemistry of life, including basic inorganic and organic chemistry
We start the course with an overview of the chemistry of life, including basic inorganic and organic chemistry
Labs
Labs that work well with this topic:
Labs that work well with this topic:
- Make and test O2 and CO2
- pH, Acids & Bases Weblab
- Food chemistry lab
- DNA extraction lab
- Enzyme lab
- Water's polarity
- Carbon lab
| 1._biochemistry_lecture_notes_part_1_inorganic_2022.docx |
| biomolecules lecture slides.pptx |
DNA and Cell videos
The biomolecules we have been discussing all play important functions in the cell, and it's necessary to start building a mental picture of what is actually going on. We will watch these and discuss them in class...
Below: "Inside the Cell".
The biomolecules we have been discussing all play important functions in the cell, and it's necessary to start building a mental picture of what is actually going on. We will watch these and discuss them in class...
Below: "Inside the Cell".
Below: Journey Inside the Cell (3 min)
Below: DNA winding and replication (3 min)
Below: James Watson explains how they worked out the structure of DNA (2 min)
Homework handouts
| 1._inorganic_chemistry_questions (for biology).docx |
| client_report_for_hans_spielman__2021_.docx |
| DNA_double_helix_handout__(including the watson_crick_franklin_drama).pdf |
| DNA_double_helix_questions__(goes_with_the_handout).docx |
Food Tests Lab
| 2._food_tests_lab_handout_for_starch_sugar_proteins_lipids.docx |
O2 and CO2 Lab
| o2_lab_handout.pdf |
| co2_lab_handout.pdf |
pH, Acids & Bases Weblab
| ph_acids_and_bases_weblab.docx |
DNA Extraction Lab
| Lab handout: DNA_extraction_from_kiwi_strawberry_1 page_handout.pdf |
| DNA_extraction_lab_follow_up_questions.docx |
| DNA_extraction_explaining_all_the_steps_22slides.pptx |
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