CHED 80 |
| Teaching lipid structure might be a challenging task since lipids - unlike carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids - do not share a common structural feature. Specific structures are given for different categories; however this challenges the student's ability to handle several different types of structural features at the same time. The present material is a match & flip puzzle designed for the teaching of fatty-acid-containing lipids, their composition, structure, linkage types, formation and hydrolysis. The puzzle was originally developed for liberal arts students, but it may be used in any basic biochemistry class. The puzzle has the advantage of not requiring the memorization of complex formulae, yet still keeping in focus structural features like ester, amide, phosphate-ester, and glycosidic linkage. Kinesthetic involvement of the students keeps their attention awake, thus helping with a more intimate understanding of the subject. Detailed description of the puzzle and selected applications are presented. Preliminary data on the puzzle's application in a basic biochemistry class, taught to non-chemistry major students, and future plans of developing a similar puzzle for steroid-nucleus-containing lipids are discussed. |
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General Posters
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |