Macromolecules (basic)
Overview
Helpful practice/review sheet for comparing and contrasting biological macromolecules and their monomers.
Macromolecules - similarities and differences
Practice Worksheet: Macromolecules - similarities and differences
Introductory Human Biology Course; Introductory Biology Course (non-majors)
Guidance on how to use this assignment:
This activity provides the opportunity for the students to practice using new terminology that is typically introduced in the second chapter of an undergraduate human biology course or undergraduate introductory biology course. This corresponds with Open Stax- Human Biology OER textbook by Willy Cushwa (Ch 2) https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/human-biology
and
OpenStax Concepts of Biology (Ch 2) https://openstax.org/books/concepts-biology/pages/2-3-biological-molecules
Instructors could assign this worksheet to be completed as a pre-class assignment to assess understanding before any instruction begins and again as a post-class assignment to see how much they actually learn during instruction. It also could solely be assigned as a post-class assignment to challenge the students to use the new terminology right after the introductory material is covered.
Students will typically spend ~5-15 minutes on this assignment.
It has been designed to be an ungraded practice assignment. Students do not necessarily have to have been introduced to the material for this assignment to be worthwhile.
Learning Objective(s)
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
List four main macromolecules in biological systems
Define macromolecules, monomers, and polymers
Differentiate between different types of macromolecules
Assignment material and key:
Macromolecules (basic)