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Cellular Building Blocks: Macromolecules Exploration

Dive into the fascinating world of macromolecules - essential compounds for life. Learn about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, their functions, and importance in cellular structures. Discover the characteristics of life and the organization of cells while exploring the various macromolecules that form the basis of all living organisms.

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Cellular Building Blocks: Macromolecules Exploration

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  1. Warm-up 1/31/12 • Teach the Teacher: What is the best kind of candy to get at the gas station? • Review: What are the three parts of an experiment. • Learning Target: Defend Whether something is alive or not. • Identify the 4 types of macromolecules.

  2. Flash Card • On the Front Write: • Characteristics of Life • On the Back write: • Made of cell (s) • Organization • Grows • Reproduces • Responds to stimuli • Requires energy • Homeostasis • Has adaptations

  3. Building Blocks of Cells

  4. Macromolecules • Macro=large • Molecules=two or more atoms bonded together, like H20 • Tons of repeating molecules bonded together to make…macromolecules • Think of them like the wood for building the framing of a house

  5. 4 types of Macromolecules • Carbohydrates • Lipids • Proteins • Nucleic acids Just like there are different materials used to make a house…different materials to make a cell.

  6. In foods=sugar and starches Carbohydrates • Store energy • Sucrose, lactose, glucose • Provide structural support • Cellulose makes cell wall of plants • Chitin is hard outer layer in the hard outer shell of shrimp, lobsters, and some insects

  7. Lipids • Made up of carbon and hydrogen • Make up fats, oils, waxes • Coated on leaves (wax) • Beeswax for honeycomb • Store Energy • Provide Barriers for cells • Phospholipids • Include steroids and cholesterol

  8. Lipids • Good lipids (fats) • UnSaturatedfats • Not so good lipids (fats) saturated fats • Saturated refers to the number of hydrogens that can fit on the macromolecule

  9. Proteins • Made of small carbon compounds • Made of amino acids • Think DNA • Used in every function of your body! • 10,000 different proteins

  10. Proteins • Transport substances • Speed Reactions • Provide structural support • Make hormones

  11. Nucleic Acids • Store and communicate genetic information • made of carbon, nitrogren, oxygen, phosphorus, and hydrogen atoms

  12. Notes To Notes Card • Write your name and period on the note card, and use your notes to answer the following questions: • What are the four main macromolecules? • Which macromolecules provide structural support? • What is a macromolecule? • Which fat is the good kind of fat? • What type of macromolecule is used for barriers, like in honeycomb?

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