Best Practice High School
UNIT 3: CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
STANDARDS:
- State Goal 11: CAS A:1,2; B: 1-5, 7-10, 14 ,16
- State Goal 12: CAS A: 13,14; C: 1, 3-5
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DAY ONE: | INTRODUCTION - BIOLOGY THE BIG PICTURE!/ATOMS OF LIFE
Discuss CASE objectives Biology diagram: "The Big Picture" What's an atom?: Protons, neutrons, electrons HW: Atoms of life worksheet
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DAY TWO: | ATOMS OF LIFE CONTINUTED
Orbital diagrams Bonding: Ionic vs. Covalent Dihydrogen Monoxide: WATER!!!! HW: Penny Pre-lab
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DAY THREE: | WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE
Penny Lab: Investigating hydrogen bonding in WATER! HW: Write up penny lab
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DAY FOUR: | pH- UN, FUN, FUN!
Background worksheet on pH (acids, bases, indicators) Pre-lab pH: Design an experiment to test the acidity/basisity of 8 different substances HW: pH lab write up
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DAY FIVE: | INTRO TO MACROMOLECULES
Students work in groups to prepare a presentation on a macromolecule Students build a model of their compound out of CANDY!! HW: Prepare presentations
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DAY SIX: | MACROMOLECULE PRESENTATIONS
Students present macromolecules Audience takes notes on MM wkst HW: Study for Biochem quiz
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DAY SEVEN: | WRAPPING UP THE BIOCHEM UNIT
Assessment: Unit Quiz Review biochem concepts
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