| Week 16, January 7-11 Water Science Stations (General Info.), Surface Tension, Universal Solvent, Capillary Action, Boiling pts. Chem Exam review |
| Week 17, January 14-18 The History of Chemistry Sets Ocean Currents and Plastic Pollution ... Flotsam Found WiredScience link........What's Inside Your Fridge? Structure and Properties of Polymers, Polyvinyl Alcohol "Slime-Time" Chemistry of Life Chemistry Exam #1 |
| Week 18, January 21-25 Carbohydrate information Lab #7, Identification of Simple and Complex Sugars in Foods Metrics (length) quiz Useful metric converter |
| Week 19, January 28-February
1 Lipids (Fats) information Quantitative Measurement of Fats from Foods, Lab #8 Frontline "Fat" video study guide Metrics (mass) quiz |
| Week 20, February 4-8 What exactly is cholesterol? information link Proteins, chemistry of amino acids Structure and function of the cell membrane Stress Factors on Biological Membranes, lab (Lab report #9 procedure) Lab report #9 class data Metrics (volume) quiz |
| Week 21, February 11-15 Factors Affecting the Rate of the Enzyme Catalase (Lab report #10 procedure) Study questions from Rethinking Meat Guzzlers article That Smells like an Ester! demonstration Me So Sorry! No quizzy this week! |
| Week 22, February 18-22 Rethinking the Meat Guzzlers NYTimes Article Diffusion through Membranes lab, useful link Diffusion lab #11 procedure |
| Week 23, February 25-29 Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) Introduction to DNA Fastfood Nation Reading Assignment Grocery Store Science (Von's field trip) Food nutritional analysis |
| Week 24, March 3-7 DNA extraction from wheat germ lab (How/why procedure sheet) Nucleic Acids Overview DNA structure activity (link) Zooming into DNA (really cool interactive) Vitamin Information Vitamin C Determination by Iodine Titration, Lab # 12 details |
| Week 25, March 10-14 What is a chromosome? A gene is made of DNA Mitosis, Meiosis, and cellular division Introduction to Mendelian Genetics Protein Synthesis, transcription & translation |
| Week 26, March 17-21 Meiosis and the haploid gamete More Genetics, Drosophila (fruit flies!) What color of eyes will your children have? ABO blood types |
| Spring Break, Return to
school on April 7 Exam #2 Will be taken the second week following spring break, April 17 & 18 Study Outline '08 |