Hayley Tarnasky, March 4/2008-- 3/3

What we did:

• First off we got to listen to Mr.C explain some background information about fats, lipids, proteins and carbohydrates


• Then Mr.C gave us a booklet of handouts


• After he got reorganized, he turned on the overhead projector and put on a transparent version of the first sheet!


• He explained about the 4 Stages: i)Glycolysis- which happens to be located in the cytoplasm


• ii) PAC(or Pyruvic Acid Conversion/Pyruvate oxidation)- located in the inner membrane/ mitochondria matrix


• iii) Krebs Cycle( aka citric acid cycle)- mitochondria matix


• iv) Energy Transport Chain ( cytochrome system)- in the mitochondria
• We got to learn about ATP and ADP


• Listened to Mr. C talk about the order of the 4 stages


• Learned the analogy of the "H" and taxis and then repeating until theres a lot of "H"s


• Filled in the first two pages of the worksheet


• Looked at the diagram of Glycolysis


• Finally, the bell rang


• That is a lot of stuff to remember!

Thoughts/ Opinions

• I think that the overhead was a good method of showing us the diagrams


• It was for sure a good idea to give us the background information


• Is it possible for humans or plants to survive without ADP and ATP?

Above and Beyond:

• So Mr.C said we're just scratching the surface, so I decided to dig a little deeper!


• http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html


• My suggestion is that you just look at the pictures because the terminology is easily past high school