My Frostbite Story

Hey all, I told you about my “Over-Ambitious Winter Expedition” with my brother, Steve, where I got second degree frostbite. You can read the whole story at his website: http://www.steveamie.com/pages/blogs/blog.php?blog=Winter2008#0

Subunits Question

hey all, some of you were wondering what the different subunits were for proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. PLATO might have been a bit confusing on this point, so here are the answers:

The subunits of proteins are amino acids (so that means that proteins are made up of amino acids). You might have notes from PLATO about amino groups and carboxyl groups… don’t worry about these. They are what amino acids consist of, so they are like sub-subunits of proteins if that makes any sense.

The subunits of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, so again this just means that carbohydrates are made up of monosaccharides.

Then for lipids, there are two subunits: a glycerol backbone, and fatty acids.

Good luck studying!

Science News: The Spore is Unleashed

A new video/computer game is just coming out called “Spore”. According to wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(game)>: ”It allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope, and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation.It allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope, and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation.”

Contacting Me

To all my students: remember that if ever you want to contact me with a question or really anything, just make a comment on any of these blog postings and whatever you write will be sent to my email.

Downloading files

Hey all, from time to time I will post various files for you to download. These might be assignments to download or answer keys to tests or quizzes. For those of you in Biology 30, I’ve posted the answer keys to the first couple mini-quizzes and the “Organisms & pH lab”. You can find these at the right hand side of this page in the black box thingy.

Hey Everybody!

Hey everyone, welcome to my blog! Since this is my first time using a blog, I’m still experimenting with different things, hoping to make this site as useful for you as it can be.