Finishing September in Adv. Bio.
As we rounded out September we finished our unit on macromolecules. We covered the basics of monomers and polymers and discussed carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in detail. Woven in to these topics were the general ideas of isomers, and the relationship between a molecule’s structure and function. The students had their first test which covered some basic chemistry and organic compounds (Campbell 7th Ed. Chapters 1-5 with a focus on chapter 5).
We have since started our unit on the cell and the cell membrane. We have read chapter 6 from Campbell and discussed major types of cells, details of organelles, and cellular evolution (endosymbiotic theory).
The students submitted their first formal lab on fermentation and we are now starting work from the lab manual and will do the osmosis/diffusion lab this week.