CHEM-342 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - SPRING 2009

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Daily Assignments

Syllabus

Feb. 11
First Class Presentation. Introductions of tutors, students, and instructor. Assignment for Feb. 14.
Feb. 13
Formation of groups. Discussion of the course. Formulation of group ground rules. Group assignment.
Feb. 16
A 2-3 page paper due at the beginning of class.
"Blue and Gold" demonstration in class for group discussion. 
Feb. 18
Read Stokes (1864) and the background material for  class. Formulate a list of learning issues


Feb. 20
Discuss personal learning issues. from Stokes (1864) and formulate group learning issues to pursue.
Spectroscopic demo of blood redox chemistry
Feb. 23
Homework assignment due. Grading Rubrics. Demonstration of Stokes Section 11 experiments and class discussion of its significance.
Feb. 25
Continued discussion of the Stokes paper.
Feb. 27
Final day for group discussion of remaining learning issues.
Mar. 2

UD Closed due to snow storm
Assignments due today deferred to Wednesday
Mar. 4
Group Quiz
at beginning of class.
Whole class discussion of Stokes (1864).
Read Background to Zinoffsky. and Zinoffsky (1886) for next class discussion.
Mar. 6
Discuss personal learning issues from Zinoffsky (1886) and formulate group learning issues to pursue. Turn in a duplicate list of your learning issues at the beginning of class.
Mar. 9

Wrap up discussion of Zinoffsky's article.

Jigsaw groups will beformed to study the articles listed for March 12 & 14. Each group will study different articles.
Mar. 11 and 13
Hemoglobin Oxygen Binding: Bohr et al. (1904) and Peters (1912) in reader
Size of Hemoglobin Svedberg&Fahraeus (1926) bkgd , article
Sickle Cell Anemia: Herrick (1912) bkgd and Diggs et al. (1933) bkgd
[Conant (1923 bkgd) and Douglas et al (1912) bkgd articles (1,2) will not be discussed this year]. Turn in a duplicate list of your learning issues at the beginning of class Mar.11.
Mar. 16
Jigsaw groups continue to resolve their learning issues and work to prepare a concept map  of their articles.
Mar. 18
Final day for jigsaw groups to work on their learning issues and prepare a concept map to distribute to the class on Friday.
Mar. 20
Jigsaw Group Assignment due.
Return to home Groups
Mar. 23
Midterm peer/self/group/course evaluation due at the beginning of class. 
“Home” group preparation for Midterm examination
Mar. 25
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Part 1 – Individual
In 205 Brown Lab

Mar. 27


MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Part 2 – Group Part




SPRING BREAK
     March 28 to April 5
 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday
Apr. 6
Tutors move to new groups. Review Midterm Exam, First half of Course, and Group Ground Rules.  Discuss Hemoglobinopathy assignment
Apr. 8
Video interview with Linus Pauling.
Apr. 10
Group discussion of personal learning issues and formulation of group learning issues from Pauling et al. (1949) and background material.
Apr. 13
Continued Discussion of personal and group learning issues associated with Pauling et al. (1949).
Apr. 15
Continued Discussion of what remaining learning issues for the Pauling et al. (1949) article.
Apr. 17
Abstract for Pauling et al. (1949) due.
Group Quiz
at beginning of class.
Wrap up Pauling et al. (1949). Introduction to
Apr. 20
Be prepared to discuss personal learning issues associated with the articles by Ingram (1958). Generate a list of group learning issues to pursue
Apr. 22
Continued discussion of articles by Ingram (1958 & 1959).
Apr. 24
Continued discussion of personal and group learning issues associated with Ingram's articles. 
Apr. 27
Wrap up of articles by Ingram (1958 & 1959).
Group presentations of Ingram Learning Issues.
Apr. 39
Begin discussion of learning issues related to
May 1
Continued discussion of personal and group learning issues associated with articles by Dintzis.
May 4
Protein Synthesis video and preparation for a visit by Prof. Howard Dintzis. Read Dintzis retrospective article.
May 6
Whole class discussion with Howard Dintzis visiting from Johns Hopkins University.
May 8
Wrapup Dintzis (1961)-transition to  Allison (1954) 
May 11
Discussion of Allison (1954) in reader and background material,
Learning isses due.

May 13
Discussion of Allison (1954)
Read Allision retrospective article.
May 15
Discussion with Dr. Carlrlton Cooper
May 18
Discussion of Hemoglobinopathy variants.
Shemin and Hemin PBL problem Part 1


May 20
Last Day of Class
Shemin and Hemin PBL problem Part 2 On-line Final Peer/Self/ Group/ evaluation due.
FINAL EXAMINATION 
Thursday, May 28, 7 - 10 PM
206/205 Brown Laboratory
Review Session 5-7PM Wed. May 27 in 205 Brown lab.
Last year's Exam:

Individual Part    Group Part

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Created 14 January 2008, Last updated 3 May 2009 by Hal White [halwhite at udel.edu].
Copyright 2009, Harold B. White, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716