Select cardiac care and disease.

How many words your going to use as long as it 6 pages including the references or source. Potential term project topics, very broad topics to allow lots of latitude for what you find for specific chemistry (keep in mind also, you are tracking down organic molecules - they need to have carbon in them!!!):
• Oncology: cancer / lymphoma / leukemia / genetics / treatment / diagnostic
• mitochondrial and metabolic disorders
• cardiac care and diseases
• inflammatory processes and bone / joint health
• liver function
• endocrinology
• coagulation, platelet function, bleeding versus clotting
• circulatory system / hematology / blood analytes
• multiple sclerosis
• HIV / SIV
• Blood sugar regulation and diabetes
• Malaria
• organ transplantation
• brain / nervous system
• the other side of the cycle - putting CO2 and NO2 back into biological circulation (photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation / carbon cycle / nitrogen cycle)
• coffee / tea / cocoa
• wine and fruit beverages and byproducts
• milk - breast milk, cow milk, goat milk - composition - nutrition - allergies -
• bacterial biofilms, bacterial resistance, signaling, pheromones, quorum sensing
• skin and epithelial tissue, structure, absorption and excretion functions
• cell transport issues - moving all sorts of molecules in and out of cells
• chemistry of smell: dogs / olfaction / smelling disease/cancer - drugs - seizures - cadavers - may be tough to get at much chemical specifics for trained dogs; chemoreception; olfactory receptors, pheromones
• organic pollution of water: drugs / pharmaceutics, petroleum products, cosmetics, endocrine disruptors
• other ideas possible - check with me

Decide what topic you would like, and email me; I will add you to the list on our Canvas page - first come, first served, in order of emails, and once you see your name and topic there, then you can proceed with it. Otherwise, I'll send you a note back that someone already took that particular topic. Don't worry, there's a lot of topic areas out there....Better to start with a bigger broader topic area than a narrow one though, so that you can follow the information and not be limited initially.

Start with a topic statement with description of the topic area, due 9/29 (you can revise it later in the term for your final product), and then will build pages based on tying your topic to representative molecules which fit into the topics of this course. At the end a presentation will be made of your topic for which your pages can be used as the visuals. The goal for maximum credit is to tie 10 major molecule groups of this course into your project along with 10 class objectives. (helpful hint: I have no problem with using Wikipedia as a citable source)Project:

Tuesday September 29 - Thursday October 1 (giving time for topic decisions): topic with description of topic area - no more than one-two pages regarding what sort of system or processes or disease scope the topic is addressing, What organisms or body systems or organs are involved, interventions, other pertinent biological aspects. You can revisit this as you go along, but turn in an initial look at the scope of your topic. (Never forget to cite sources, but don't copy paste your text - write your own summary! It is ok to copy paste diagrams / figures as long as you give credit in citations.)

Tuesday October 6: Two pages due, for which each page includes a drawing of a molecule which pertains to your topic in some way. Identify what type of molecule it is. If pertinent, identify functional groups or make other comments about structure and properties based on the structure and your reading. (If proteins or other macromolecules, identifying functional groups probably does not apply at this time; revisit when we've looked into those chapters and see what points can be included regarding molecular structure that apply to that type of molecule.)

Describe how this molecule relates to your topic - what role is it playing? You should have a grand total of 14 molecules by the end of the project, each with its own page. Each Tuesday you should turn in two more; hopefully you will have more to say about each one as we go through the course and as you continue to read up on your topic.

At the end of the term, revisit your entire project, see what else you can say analytically about the type, structural features, properties and function of your molecules, and arrange in a logical order to turn in a finished product and to give a presentation to your classmates. Hopefully over the term, additional chemical insights will jump out at you that you can apply to your project as you look back over it.

For the presentation, you can use the document that you assembled, and just go over featured points you wish to share with your classmates for their edification, or you can put those main points into a PowerPoint specifically for oral presentation.

Citations should be included as footnotes on each page. No particular format required, but be clear about your source and when you accessed your source if online. Individual pages should be cited individually; don't just use "Wikipedia" as your source; list the individual page and date accessed. You don't need to go over your citations with your classmates!

You can write molecules about medication, nutrition for heart or etc.