{"id":134,"date":"2020-10-30T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2020-11-23T04:21:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T04:21:38","slug":"module-5-the-chemistry-of-life-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Module 5 &#8211; The Chemistry of Life &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In lab today we went over some fundamentals of biochemistry! We started out with some &#8220;Duplos chemistry&#8221;. We talked about atoms, elements, and molecules (including differentiating between compounds and mixtures), then practiced writing chemical formulas. After going over physical changes vs. chemical changes, we talked about photosynthesis. We worked out the chemical reaction of photosynthesis with the Duplos, learning about conservation of matter\/balancing equations and about the reactants and products of photosynthesis, and also learned how to properly write out the reaction (including the difference between writing how many atoms of each element are in a compound vs. how many molecules of a compound are present). We briefly touched on cellular respiration. We talked about dehydration synthesis (monomers &#8211;&gt;polymers) and hydrolysis (polymers &#8211;&gt;monomers) reactions. We *barely* squeezed in mentioning the four types of macromolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. The girls all did a GREAT job &#8211; it was a bit of a biochemistry crash course, but they were engaged, ready to learn, and asked a lot of good questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1374\" height=\"1375\" src=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited.jpg 1374w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited-768x769.jpg 768w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploChem-edited-1200x1201.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1374px) 100vw, 1374px\" \/><figcaption>The table is set for Duplo Biochemistry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis-1200x900.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploPhotosynthesis.jpg 1897w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We use our Duplo Carbon Dioxide (CO<sub>2<\/sub>) and Water (H<sub>2<\/sub>O) molecules to build a Sugar Glucose (C<sub>6<\/sub>H<sub>12<\/sub>O<sub>6<\/sub>) molecule.  We then had six Oxygen (O<sub>2<\/sub>) molecules left over<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-1200x900.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis-1980x1485.jpg 1980w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DuploDehyrdation-Hydrolosis.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dehyrdation Synthesis and Hydrolysis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/garrettcreekacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MacroMolecules.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The four types of macromolecules &#8211; carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and nucleic acid &#8211; modeled with pipe cleaner and beads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In lab today we went over some fundamentals of biochemistry! 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