Have you used clickers in a classroom before?

A. YES B. NO
A. B. C. D. E.

Why are you taking CH 369?

General Introduction

Its required for the program Im in. Its required for the program I want to get into. I thought it might be an interesting option. I needed a science option. Pre-med requirement.
General Introduction

Which of the following best describes how you feel about CH 369?

CH 369 Survey of Biochemistry

Blackboard Announcements, links to webpage, Sapling homework site, old exams, handouts, extra credit, teaching teams, exam seating chart, TA information Web Page: courses.cm.utexas.edu/kbrowning/ch369 Syllabus Reading schedule/lecture notes: the notes are password protected: user: ch369 password:browning (also in Bb) Sapling Learning Site graded homework assignments TAs are in charge of the homeworksee list in Bb

A. B. C. D. E.

Confident Interested Worried Nervous Bored

General Introduction

Textbook
Pratt and Cornely, Essential Biochemistry, 2nd edition New softcover at Coop May also use 1st edition, very similar to new editionposted in BB approximate equivalent chapters/pages

Grading
4 Exams, each 100 pts.; lowest will be dropped: 300 pts Homework, one for each chapter; each worth 4 pts; highest 15 counted: 60 pts Required Final, comprehensive 140 pts70 pts covers material on the 4 exams; 70 pts covers material in CH 20-22 Note it is the total points NOT a percentage that determines grade, points will round up to the nearest whole number Not using plus/minus Pass/Fail: Consider if this is not a required course. Course grades are NOT curved

Exams
No programmable calculators, get a plain scientific calculator or use the log tables; no cell phones, blackberries, computers, electronics of any kindsee webpage for more details Designed to be ~50 min, will have full 75 min Multiple choice, true/false, matchingmachine graded Aim for a low 70s class average, will curve an exam if average is too low See Bb for last years exams See Lecture notes page for study guides Make ups only for medical reasonsif you are ill email me, do not subject your classmates to your disease Score below 50 on first exam probably should drop

Extra credit
May offer various types of extra credit during semester including random attendance/quiz Up to 8 pts maximum Check Bb Extra Credit for posting of extra credit opportunities Clickers will be part of extra credit up to 2 pts if you participate in at least 85% or 1 pt for 50% -85%. Below 50% participation, 0 pts. Some limited time offers, such as online quizzes in BB Important if you are borderline! Consider this your earned class curve.

Is this course hard?

Yes, due to the amount of material You will need to learn a new language for biochemistry to be able to understand it You have to remember what you learn in each chapter and use it the whole semester A. B. C. D. E.

What is Alanine?
A really cool band coming to ACL. An organization. An amino acid. A carbohydrate. I have no idea.

What I expect you to already know!

Anything covered in general or organic chemistry Anything in basic biology up through Bio 325you should know what ATP is and have some basic vocabularypurine, pyrimidine, etc. Some of these things are covered in your book and I will assume that you know them Could be tested on these items even if they are not in my notes

KEEP UP! DO NOT wait until the weekend before the exam to read the book Is your course load heavy? Consider pass/fail or dropping before deadline Read/outline the relevant chapter before classskim it at the very least Make a list of questionsask questions in class, help sessions, PLUS groups Take notes, dont rely on the web notes aloneuse the web notes to supplement your notes (posted after lecture)writing down the words makes you learn at a deeper level than just reading them

Tools for Success

 Look at the study guide well before the night before the exam! Do the Sapling homework on timedo not wait till the last minute!! Use the book web materials and tutorials links in lecture notes Participate in PLUS study groups Be a preceptor for PLUS study groups Come to office hours and help sessions (see BB)3 TAs for the class: Ryan Patrick Courtney Rose Jon Laurent

End of Chapter Problems

Recommend doing these, they help solidify the concepts in the book I will select 10-15 from each chapter, some of those will be on the exam in some form or another (if from version 2, I will post in BB) New books have boo-boos If you think a question is poorly worded or the solution is incorrectlet the TA responsible for that chapter know TAs will collect all the boo-boos and send to the publisher at the end of the semester

Study GroupsPLUS
Michelle Gleisner (senior preceptor) works with the preceptors each week to develop a study agenda (e.g. homework, additional problems or activities) The preceptors are trained to facilitate a study groupyou do not teach, you learn together More information in Bb and the preceptor application, due Friday, August 27 at 2 pm. Kate Walker and Michelle will give a presentation at the end of class today

Benefits to Preceptors: . Develop and apply leadership, professional, and academic skills . Create networks with peers for support during the semester and beyond . Get to know your professor, which we know can be difficult since she is so evil.. . Improve performance and content mastery--good grades and deeper understanding . Increase your awareness of learning assistance resources on campus . Help other students while you help yourself Benefits to Students: . Collaborate on homework . Practice and discuss material with other students . Get help with material in a low-risk environment . Improve understanding of the material . Create a network of students in your class . Improve performance --- regular attendance is associated with higher course grades

Attention and Attendance

Coming to class AND paying attention are associated with higher grades If you are bored by lectures and can learn the material from the book/resources on your owndont come to class and distract others with your bad behavior Poor class room behaviors include but are not limited to: texting, reading the Texan, playing solitaire, watching Y-tube, updating your Face Book page, checking email, surfing the web, twittering, sleeping, doing your nails The TAs will be watching These behaviors are distracting to other students that want to get their tuitions worth in class

Goals for this Semester

Understand biochemical processes and metabolism
How are carbs metabolized? What are vitamins? Why are trans fats bad? What are statins? What is the agent of mad cow disease? Molecular basis of diseases

How will I use my knowledge?

Make informed decisions
Foods/supplements Pharmaceuticals Disease mechanisms

Which of the following fields is biochemistry NOT relevant to?

A. B. C. D. E. Immunology Nutrition Kinesiology Cleaning up the Gulf Brewing

This is a starter course and will hit the high pointsmuch more out there to learn Will be able to go to research seminars and read literature to learn more details Notice all the biochemistry happening in and around you all the time!

General Introduction

Biochemistry is Organic Chemistry What is Biochemistry? study of the chemistry of life processes and the molecular basis of life the term "biochemistry" was introduced by Carl Neuberg in 1903 an interdisciplinary science reductionist--take apart cells and explain how each part works: proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, etc.
Carbon forms stable covalent bonds with itself, H, O, N and S forms single (C-H), double (C=C, C=O) and triple bonds (C=C, C=N) C atoms join to form linear chains, branched chains, cyclic structures, spheres tetrahedral configuration of shared electron pairs around C atom molecules with different 3D shapes, isomers, stereoisomers Organic Compounds: Hydrocarbons; alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cyclic, aromatic C-O or C=O: alcohol, ether, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester C-S: thiol, sulfide, thio ester C-N: 1o, 2o, 3o amines, amides Functional Groups: Hydroxyl, Carbonyl, Carboxylate, Acyl, Amino, Sulfhydryl Linkages: Ester, Ether, Amide, Phosphate ester See the O-chem review in course documents if you need a refresher

Which carbon atom is part of the carboxyl group?

When an ester is hydrolyzed what is/are the products?

A. B. C. D. E. What does hydrolyzed mean? A ketone and a carboxylic acid. An alcohol and a carboxylic acid. A ketone and an ether. An alcohol and an ether.
Chapter 1

A. B. C. D. E.

1 2 3 4 5
Chapter 1

Is this compound an aldehyde or a ketone?

To what class does the following compound belong?

A. Aldehyde. B. Ketone. C. I dont know.

Chapter 1

A. B. C. D.

Lipid Carbohydrate Amino acid Nucleotide

Chapter 1

Scale of the Cellular World

Object Water Alanine Diam. DNA Hemoglobin Ribosome Polio Virus Mitochondrion E. Coli Liver cell Real Size 0.28 nm 0.5 nm 2.5 nm 7.0 nM 20 nm 30 nm 1500 nm 2000 nm 20,000 nm X 106 0.28 mm 0.5 mm 2.5 mm 7 mm 2 cm 3 cm 1.5 m 2m 20 m

Building up a cell de novo What is in an E. coli cell?

Biochemical Reactions of a Cell

Learn about biomoleculesmake them and break themhow/what happens Learn about metabolic pathways How regulation works Put it all together and you get a metabolic map and what is going on in every cell all the time!

Now which of the following best describes how you feel about CH 369?
A. B. C. D. E. Confident Interested Worried Nervous Bored

General Introduction