Protein Structure Basics

Goal:
Identify the characteristic structural features of proteins at the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary level.

Agenda:
Warmup
Video Notes
Similarities/Differences
Socrative

Download:
Video Notes Worksheet - Open in Notability

Warmup
Create a new journal entry entitled "Protein Structure Basics."
Copy down WHAT we are learning today.
Write a CER to answer the question: Considering what you learned in the last two lessons, do you think all proteins have similar or different structures? Explain.

Video Notes
Use this Bozeman Science video  to complete the Video Notes Worksheet.

Similarities/Differences
Work on whiteboards in table groups to outline the ways that all protein structures are the same and how their structures are different. Then use this information to revise the CER you wrote at the beginning of class.

Socrative
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Types of Proteins

Goal:
Describe the 9 different functions of proteins in the human body.

Agenda:
Warmup
Protein Slides
Protein Game

Warmup
Create a new journal entry entitled "Types of Proteins."
Copy down WHAT we are learning today. Hint: It's written on the whiteboard and at the top of this blog post.
Write down everything you know about proteins.

Protein Slides
In your groups create a google slides presentation entitled "Types of Proteins." Share it with your table-mates and me.
​Use this website as a starting point. Create 1 slide for each type of protein that includes:

1. ​Name of Class of Protein
2. Role of that type of protein in the body
3. Example of what your specific protein does
4. Visual representation to help you remember

Protein Game

Work with your elbow partner to complete the protein scavenger hunt. Winner gets stickers! Finishers get stamps!

Macromolecules

Goal:
Use patterns in structure and information about function to classify macromolecules as proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, or carbohydrates.

Agenda:

Warmup

Macromolecules Graphic Organizer

Card Sort

Academic Recovery

Warmup

1. Create a new journal entry entitled "Macromolecules."
2. Copy down WHAT we are learning today. Hint: It's written on the whiteboard and at the top of this blog post.
3. Answer the question: Why do we eat?

Macromolecules Graphic Organizer

Use this compilation of resources to complete the graphic organizer.

• Boundless: Types of Macromolecules
• Reading: Polymers and Macromolecules
• Crash Course: You Are What You Eat
• Khan Academy: Macromolecules

Card Sort

Sort the cards as lipids, carbs, nucleic acids, or proteins. Verify your answer with the teacher.

Academic Recovery

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What's that smell?

Goal:
Identify the functional groups in a molecule and predict how the functional group affects how the molecule interacts with the human body.

Agenda:
Warmup
Smells Lab
Card Sort
Socrative Quiz
Reflection

Download:
Smells and Functional Groups Worksheet (import into Notability)

Warmup

1. Create a new journal entry entitled "Smells."
2. Copy down WHAT we are learning today. Hint: It's written on the whiteboard and at the top of this blog post.
3. Answer the question: How do you smell things?

Smells Lab
Complete page 1 of the worksheet, testing the smell samples, describing them, and categorizing them as fishy, putrid, sweet, or minty.

Card Sort
Complete pages 2 and 3 of the worksheet, sorting the cards by functional group then connecting specific functional groups to their smells.

Socrative Quiz
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Reflection
Open up your science journal. At the bottom of today's entry, use the crosscutting concepts of patterns and structure & function to explain why different substances have different smells.