Identify the most abundant elements in the human body. Post a picture that shows the percentage of each in the body.
Select 3 of those elements and tell what they do for the body.
Select 3 trace elements and tell what they do for the body.
2-Solutions
Watch the video "Acids, Bases, and pH".
Complete the "pH Simulation" and answer the following questions.
Define the term dissociate.
What happens when water dissociates?
What happens to HCl (hydrochloric acid) when it dissociates?
What happens to NAOH (sodium hydroxide) when it dissociates?
Draw, label, & and color code a pH scale on a sheet of paper.
At home take a picture of 5 chemical solution bottles. (can be cleaning solutions, beverages, liquid medicine etc).
Research to identify the pH of each solution.
Draw your cleaning solutions on the scale and label the pH for each.
Tell if each will produce more Hydrogen (H+) or hydroxide (OH-).
3-Water and Its Importance -
Watch the video "Properties of Water".
Identify 10 Important Uses of Water all over the globe. Begin each sentence with, "Water is used to/for _______."
Use your vocabulary list to identify and define the properties of water. Post pictures demonstrating these properties as you find them in your school, home or neighborhood. Label the properties shown in each picture. Tell how.
4-The Structure of Biomolecules
Watch the video "Biomolecules".
Answer the questions: What are biomolecules? Why is carbon important? What are 6 different atoms that carbon can bond to?
Choose one of the 6 Carbon Structures. Using a ball and stick model, form one of the structures. Take a picture of it. Identify if the structure is chained, branched, ringed, has double bonds or bonds to other elements.
Identify the most common Functional Groups in biology. What is the functional group in a fatty acid? Draw and label a picture of a fatty acid. Build it with the ball and stick model. Take a picture of it.
What are the functional groups in an amino acid? Draw and label a picture of an amino acid. Build it with the ball and stick model. Take a picture of it.
5-Biomolecules
Watch the video "Carbohydrates",
Define the term carbohydrates (using your vocab list).
What are the monomers of carbohydrates (using your vocab list)?
Identify the elements that make up all carbohydrates.
Differentiate between the 3 groups of Carbohydrates.
Give 2 examples of monosaccharides and disaccharides. Provide a picture to show which foods contain them.
Differentiate between the 3 polysaccharides. Provide a picture to represent where each can be found.
Watch the video "Lipids",
Define the term lipids (using your vocab list).
What are the monomers of lipids (using your vocab list)?
Differentiate between the 4 groups of Lipids.
Are lipids hydrophilic or hydrophobic. Tell what that means. Include a picture to show how lipids act in water.
Give 2 sources of saturated fats, unsaturated fats, & trans fats. Provide pictures for each.
Describe the structure of a phospholipid. Provide a picture of one. Tell where can they be found?
Watch the video "Proteins".
Define the term proteins (using your vocab list).
What are the monomers of proteins (using your vocab list)?
What kinds of bonds hold them together?
What four structures can proteins form? Label and provide pictures of each structure.
Watch the video "Nucleic Acids".
Define the term nucleic acids (using your vocab list).
What are the monomers of nucleic acids (using your vocab list)?
What are the 2 jobs of nucleic acids?
What is the structure of a nucleotide?
What process links together nucleotides in nucleic acids?
Differentiate between DNA, RNA, & ATP. Provide a picture of each.