biol+3+reflections+on+biomolecules+table

You were required to complete the biomolecules table activity as part of your holiday work. If you have not completed this task then you must do so by Friday. [|biol 3 biomolecules table activity.ppt] [|biol 3 biomolecules tables student.doc] [|biol 3 biomolecules tables sol.doc]

Having attempted the task, you need to check the solutions and analyse how you went. Write a brief (2-3 sentences) summary of what you understood well and what mistakes you made. You should end with a comment about where you are at now in relation to biomolecules. Is there still something that concerns you? You don't have to write your name or initials at the end.

firstly i would just like to say that this activity was a bit harder and took longer than i expected, and was a tad confusing for me at the start, however i really think it was a good study activity and increased my understanding of what we have been learning. i found it brought up some unanswered questions, which when cleared up helped deepen my understanding even more. it was challenging i will admit but once completed it really turned out to be good study material, especially for me. i hope we're not being marked on appearance...theres seemed to be a case of my missing glue stick and a role of sticky tape came into good use :P..anyways i dont know if your going to check these but if you do may we please keep them..as ive said 100 times before..it was good study material to refer to D.R.

The biomolecules activity gave me just that extra bit of help. After the first class of Biology in headstart the stuff that we learnt and went over was a lot to take in and once i got home and tried the acitivity, starting with one table at a time it really helped put all the information together. I had a little big of trouble with the steroids component but left that for last and ended up researching about it in the end. It was fun, colourful and i enjoyed it... well as much as i could since it WAS homework :). I think from the help of that acitivity and all the other puzzles and stuff that we have I have a good understanding of biomoolecules, and as someone said below, i also have some queries about different proteins and their roles/function. E.B

reflection: LA overall, i think i managed to complete the tables to the best of my ability. and feel that im quite comfortable with this topic. it's interesting and fun. :) there were obviously a few hiccups and some hesitations in some places, for example, when matching some of the specific images with the particular substances(the labels), and within the appropriate biomolecule table. this is when i had to reach for my books and even google sometimes for some help! also, im a bit hesitant with some parts of nucleic acids, eg. DNA and RNA, and how their individual functions __overlap__; as well as, what glycoproteins and glycolipids are for/what they do.. the most time consuming part was cutting and sticking every bit down. otherwise, i think these tables will be very helpful summaries and references for me for future needs and purposes. Really thoughtful LA. Just remember we will be revisiting nucleic acids again in a few weeks where you will get a better understanding of the relevance of these biomolecules. VM

I feel that I understood everything pretty well, I incorrectly thought that collagen was a carbohydrate, but I now realise that it is in fact a protein. I think I have a good understanding of biomolecules, the only area that concerns me, is examples of different proteins and what their roles and functions are. Good to hear, and like above we will be revisiting proteins and their roles pretty much throught the whole course, so your knowledge will get better. VM

After a couple of long hours spent on this task, i felt that my understanding of the organic biomulecules was preety good. although the only problem i had with the posters, was identifying the diagrams and where they belong. The monomers were simple, but the rest were quite a challenge. i was also asking google for help occasionally when it came to nucleic acids. gotta love google. overall, i enjoyed the challenge. spanks voj.

At first i found this task, time consuming and frustrating, however the process was more enjoyable than i thought and i like a hands-on acitivity. It was also more creative which i liked. I definitely struggled with matching many of the diagrams to their headings. I somehow got quite confused between proteins and nucleic acids due to my lack of knowledge. I had a clearer understanding of carbohydrates and lipids and this area was not as challenging. By the end of the task i felt like i had a MUCH better understanding of biomacromolecules, it was all very beneficial. Davina V.

I started off by identifying all the things that belonged to carbohydrates and then lipids, completing them both fairly easily without any dramas. But when it came to nucleic acids and amino acids I lacked confidence and therefore had quite a bit of trouble identifying the different bases to the correct diagram. I find nucleic acids and amino acids to be both very confusing in their functions, roles and especially structures and continually mix them up. I completed all the last two tables finally after some assistance from google and the textbook, but it didn’t come easy and I still think that I need further assistance in being able to differentiate between the two. Overall though, it was a defiantly a beneficial activity and it reinforced the information learnt on all the organic substances.

Every time i do these things im certain that i'll get 100% but there is always something that i get wrong. This time i thought collagen was a carbohydrate, not a protein. I also mistook the glycogen, cellulose and starch diagrams from lipids because i counted the rings as oxygen atoms and therefore came up with a NOT 2:1 H:O ratio. This is just an identifying isue and im pretty sure it wont happen again. Nucleic acids and proteins were fine but i wasn't sure about glycine and cystein. Is there a way to tell what substance something is without knowing, purely based on the name? Overall i found it good. A great reinforcement! Japps

Using the knowledge I’ve gained in the last few weeks and a fair amount of educated guessing, I ended up with 14 parts un-placed. Having lost the cut-sheets during the holidays, I decided to attempt this task without the colour-codes, any notes or resources so i could do it quickly, find the correct answer and then just learn from the accurate poster. The ambiguous phrases, parts regarding elements in a biomacromolecule and ratios confused me, but now I’ll try to remember them. i also had trouble with labeling protein and carbohydrate diagrams. But besides getting a bad back from working on the floor for a long time, this was a really good task and I wish wish wish I could have these sort of posters for every topic in every subject! It would be so helpful. -S.B

I felt pretty confident with this task, as I really put a lot of time and effort into the holiday homework. There was a pattern with my mistakes that I made though. Generally, my carbohydrate and lipid answers were correct (as I realise they are the topics that I have grasped quicker than the other two organic substances). My answers for nucleic acids weren't always correct, as i didn't really understand (especially with the diagrams) why my answers were right/wrong. Also, for proteins i felt that my diagrams didn't fit the pictures, and i was actually guessing the answers. Other than those two issues, I felt i understood the task quite well, and I enjoyed completing it. (am I too positive?) - "Missbiology" - Oli

Well, starting off with this task i thought to myself "how on earth am i going to do this?!". After three hours of finally working it out, i can say that i am glad with how i did. I felt like i achieved alot, since i had no hope in the beginning. I had a good understanding of the information. I just need to work on identifying the chemical pictures. These confuse me alot! I think once these pictures become clear to me, i will then be able to say that i totally understand biomacromolecules. :) Lisaarr

i found doing this task was a bit of a chellenge, some things were easier then others. displaying the headings on the tables was pretty simple. when it was time to label the pictures things got a bit tricky. i think i need to work on looking at diagrams and being able to pick out the important information. i did (i'm not going to lie) look at lisa's work for a few of the answers. i think i still have alot to learn in biology, but i feel ready for the challenge. GR

This task was time consuming and challenging, but overall I'm confident and happy with my results. Obviously there were some mistakes, but those were simply a misunderstanding or a misinterpretation of the image or sentence. This task did confuse me a bit, for example trying to decide which sentence goes where, and even interpreting the pictures. Mostly labelling the pictures was a big challenge. I feel now that we have gone through biomacromolecules in more detail I now have a full understanding of the topic and understand my mistakes completely. Miks W

Last but not least, LB. I have to say the cutting out was extremely time consuming. I also found myself referring to the text book from time to time, especially for Proteins (incl. peptide bonds etc) and also for RNA (incl tRNA etc). Some parts, however, i felt a little more confident in, such as the four elements, which i had also covered in PE last year. (so it was a little easier to remember) However there was a definitive section where i struggled in, which was matching diagrams with texts. I'm terrible with labeling pictures and am easily confused at making connections between the two, as i have a weakness in chemistry. Otherwise, i now feel that i have a better understanding of macromolecules (and slightly better at diagrams) and find myself occasionally referring to the book for macromolecules. I guess now what i really need to do is work on identifying the connections between molecules and diagrams.