In the first section of this page, you will write a daily summary of that day's class.  For example in  your chapter 2 blog, your first entry should be titled 9/3/10.  You should then write a one or two paragraph summary of that day's lecture, outlining the major points.  In the second section, you are required to add two items (link to a website, video, animation, student-created slide show, student-created PowerPoint presentation) and one journal article pertaining to a topic in this chapter.  A one-paragraph summary must accompany each item describing the main idea and how it applies to the lecture topic.  Please see the PBWorks help guide for assistance embedding video and other items directly in the page.  I will also produce a how-to video on using tables to wrap text around items and other useful tips.  Please see the syllabus for organization and grading details.

A.  Daily Blog

10/20/10: Today we started off the class by discussing the 1st law of energy, which is: energy is converted from one form to another.  Then we talked about the different places potential energy can be stored such as ATP, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, gradients, and electrons.  We went on to discuss chemiosmosis which occurs in the mitochondria.  Later we went through the steps of glycolysis.  Then we looked at examples of exergonic and endergonic reactions.  We saw the steps that occur as things go up the hill then down the hill, and vise versa.

10/22/10: Today we discussed kinase and how it shuttles energy through the cell.  I learned that kinase is a very strong enzyme.  It transfers energy.  I also learned that when oxygen is available, pyruvate will be to taken to the mitochondria.  This is the start of the citric acid cycle.  Then we discussed anaerobic respiration in the cell.  This is when respiration does not use oxygen.  We talked about what happens when oxygen is not used and how it affects the cell.  We came to the conclusion that the produce would be 6 NADH, 2 ATP, 2 FADH2, and 2CO2.

10/27/10: Today we started off class by discussing the different routes cell respiration can take.  We started off with glycolysis and ended up with this entire cycle of all the different routes that could be taken.  Then we talked about how there are 2 ATP and 2 NADH in the cytoplasm, and there are 8 NADH, 2 FADH2, and 2 ATP in the matrix.  Then a picture was drawn on the board of a mitochondria and we were shown what is included in the intermembrane space and what is included in teh matrix.  This helped me understand better than just hearing words or reading because I am a visual learner at times so I learned best when I actually see something, rather than it just being described.

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B.  Useful Materials