A.P. BIOLOGY
JP STEVENS HS
J.M. Jones
Welcome to Jones' AP Bio at JPS!
The Summer Assignment is below. And hey, let's keep this kinda light and not stress if you don't 100% understand it - it's basically getting comfortable with Biochemistry so that when you see biomolecules in class/your future you will have confidence.
For the first day of school, each student should have the following three things completed:
1) A printed OR hand drawn Func Group Card Deck. Definitely have this deck ready for day #1
2) A printed OR hand drawn Amino Acid Card Deck **The amino acid deck is not really due to the first day - more like within the first week.
Note about the card decks: You must reproduce both card decks exactly (close to) as shown. The back of each card should be either blank or have the same design on each card, just like a typical deck of cards. You must use the appropriate CPK colors for the atoms: carbon = black, oxygen = red, hydrogen = white-ish , nitrogen = blue, phosphorus = orange, and sulfur = yellow.
Prior to the first day of school, please start studying these cards; especially study the functional groups. You do not have to have them 100% memorized yet but please become familiar with the four representations of the Functional Groups. We will begin playing with the Functional Group cards the first day.
3) Hex Paper Drawings. Have these for day #1. *Do you best with the Hex Paper drawings* I'm only grading your attempt, not for accuracy. It's OK if they are not correct but my hope is, once you start drawing, organic structures will start to 'click.'
*Note: Hex Paper is essentially all carbons, that is, each angle is a carbon. "Hex" = six points = six carbons, thus you do NOT have to write any "C's" nor any "H's" just write N's, O's and S's. See HERE for an example.
Print out the appropriate Hex Papers and draw:
a) All 20 amino acids using "CPK" colors. I recommend using Hex Paper 1
b) Carbohydrates; glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, ribose and deoxyribose. Use "CPK" colors. I recommend Hex Paper 4.
c) Lipids/fatty acids I recommend using Hex Paper 2 or 3 : Draw one triglyceride (~50-60 carbons) fully saturated, one fully saturated fatty acid (~18 carbons), one unsaturated "cis" fatty acid (~18 carbons) and one unsaturated "trans" fatty acid (~18 carbons).
Note: For all of the molecules drawn on Hex Paper you may draw them ionized or neutral, your choice - this applies to carboxyl and amino groups.
Thank You! JMJ
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