Food Chemistry

by Valerie Gibson

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Letter to Parents
Assessments
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Project Calendar

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Introduction to unit:  “Chemical Reactions in foods we eat.”

 

Reactions of the cell

Digestive system: video and lecture (powerpoint)

Project Overview

-Expectations

-Rubric

Students will come up with ideas…library

 Chapter 6:  chemical bonding, chemical compounds

Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.5

Chemical Reactions:

Chapter 8: 

Section 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

 

Chemicals in the digestive tract

 

Teacher demo with chemicals

Chemicals function

 

Acids and Bases

Chapter 20 section 20.1 and 20.4

Bio-molecules lecture with power point

 

“The Egg”- small scale lab

Chapter 27 AW

pg. 820

 

 

Project Time for students

 

LIBRARY!!

Lab#1: “pH affecting our digestive system?”

 

 

Quiz: Chemicals in digestion

Chapter 27: AW

Section 27.1, 27.2

Talk about the different structures of each of these biomolecules, and how they are made.

 

Break down

Lipids, proteins, carbohydrates

 

Section 27.3 and 27.4

 

Enzymes-lecture

-how the enzymes react and why enzymes are so important to the digestive system.

Section 27.5 and 27.6

Project Time

 

 

LIBRARY!!!

Lab #2: 

Organic Compounds

Guest Speaker

Project Time for students

 

LIBRARY!!

Project Time for students

 

LIBRARY!!

Projects’ Due

 

Presentations

Day 1

Presentations

 

Day 2