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Right Click on Topic & choose "SAVE AS" to Show any of these 5 minute class openers!
Chemical Bonds	Sunlight	Organic Compounds	Carbon Structures	Functional Groups	-COOH	Monomer	Macromolecule	Condensation	Hydrolysis
ATP	ATP Sketch	Carbohydrate	Monosaccharide	Disaccharide	Amino Acids	Peptide Bonds	Enzymes	Lipids	Nucleic Acids

A great demonstration to start this unit is "Iron in Breakfast Cereal".
You can have students observe the iron in breakfast cereal doing this hands-on activity using zip-lock plastic bags, "Does Breakfast Cereal Really Contain Iron?"
A good topic for PreAP students to research is "Iron Overload in the Body" or hemochromatosis. These students can write a paper about the cause of the disease, the treatment, effects of the disease, tests for the disease, etc. This is a good way to provide differentiation for advanced students & also to lead into a study of genetic disorders.

Try this coloring worksheet, "Acids and Bases," which covers dissociation of water, acids, bases, and neutralization.
Another coloring worksheet is "Elements and Macromolecules."
Great Quia games include — Water, Acids, Bases, Properties of Water, Chemical Compounds of Life, Biochemistry Review, Factors Affecting Enzymes, and Molecules of Cells Hangman.
Two crossword puzzles that teach vocabulary are Chemistry and Biochemistry.
A good word scramble is Biochemistry.
Have students make an enzyme foldable using Enzyme Foldable

Notes on Chemistry
Water Properties Handout
Chemistry Worksheet from HRW’s Modern Biology
Chemistry Study guide Worksheet
A great review of the chemistry you’ll need before going to biochemistry is Chemistry Review
One More Review — Chemistry
Need a great interactive Periodic Table? Try this one — Periodic Table and then do the Knowing Elements Activity
NOTES: Biochemistry Tutorials – Basic Chemistry necessary for understanding Biology.
NOTES: Water Basics from the U.S. Geologic Survey.
DO: The Chemistry of Water – Brief overview of basic water chemistry.
NOTES: Read more about H ow Enzymes Work

Show this PowerPoint and answer the questions — Water Properties and More
Water ppt Q’s
Another good PowerPoint on Water that also includes the pH scale is Water, Solutions, pH, & Buffers
A good chemistry ppt with Questions is Chemistry
Enzymes and its Question Guide

These are some good labs that I’ve done over the years-

Natural pH Acid-Base Indicators
Identifying Unknowns with Cabbage Indicator Paper (Tip – Make the Red Cabbage Indicator at home due to the smell!)
Constructing Monomers (You will have to order these kits or you could substitute small Styrofoam balls and short wooden dowels cut to size)
pH in Living Systems
Environmental pH (Great if you want to include some of your ecology here)
Properties of Water
The kids like this one — How Good Is Your Detergent?
I assign these to students, and we use light-weight fishing line and bent paper clips to hang them from the ceiling. Monomer Construction
DO: Periodic Chart and Bonding Activity Elements combine into compounds in fixed ratios, use this tutorial to practice creating a compound. Why do elements share or take electrons to form compounds?
EXPLORE: National Science Foundation – The Chemistry of Water
EXPLORE: The Water Cycle– Learn how water moves throughout the biosphere
LAB ACTIVITY: Enzyme Catalysis

Here are 2 online quizzes to try out — Chemistry and Chemistry (Harder)
Some great Flash Card Reviews that you can have students do independently on the computer or together as a class on your Smart Board include — Chemical Building Blocks and Energy and Enzymes.
If you want to create your own FLASH CARDS FREE, use either of these sites — Quizlet or Flash Card Machine.
A GOOD WAY to review VOCABULARY is to download the ECLIPSE PUZZLE MAKER and make some online vocabulary puzzles for your students to do. My students love to compete with each other when we solve these on the Smart Board!

If you have any trouble opening these animations, interactives, or videos, download and open them in Mozilla Firefox.

Temperature and Molecular Movement Interactive
Salt Dissolving in Water Interactive
Acids, Bases, and pH Interactive
Formation of Covalent Bonds Interactive
Try this Chemistry of Life interactive crossword
Use Bio Coach’s CHONPS – The Six Most Abundant Elements
EXPLORE: WebElements: Interactive Periodic Table
EXPLORE: Chemical Elements: Better Interactive Periodic Table
EXPLORE: Another Periodic table!
Water Properties and Behavior– Read through this page and watch the animations then take the quiz to see what you have learned!
Hydrogen Bonds and Water – Short animation on hydrogen bonds and water
Salt Dissolving in Water Short animation on how water dissolves.
Animation of the Water Molecule in Action!
Short Animation- Find out what makes carbon so unique
Tutorial on biochemistry online activity: Building Biomolecules
Tutorial on the Four Biomolecules of life: Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.
Food Preservation Tutorial Quiz -View standard or full screen versions
DO this Basic Tutorial on Enzymes
Interactive tutorial on how the enzyme-substrate complex lower activation energy to speed up chemical reactions.
Enzyme Animations – Use these animations to help you learn how enzymes work. Learn about the different factors that can affect enzyme function.
Interactive Tutorial on Enzymes and Digestion

Try this activity by Physics teacher, Alexis Book, called "How Much Are You Worth?"
Or try "The Tree of Life Macromolecules" interactive
Check out TLC Cooking food facts and fun on Proteins, Lipids, and Carbohydrates.
Quia games — What do you know about macromolecules? and Biochemistry Jeopardy
Some other Review Games include Molecule Game, Macromolecules, and Enzymes
Effect of Temperature on the Enzymes in an Egg interactive
Toxicology Tutorial- Discover ways chemicals can affect human health and develop an understanding of fundamental principles of toxicology.
National Institute of Health Toxicology Website: Chemicals, the Environment, and You Student Activities