What I Have Learned So Far.....

On the first day of school, there were about 15 students in our AP Biology class, but before we started anything several students dropped the class. Now there are 9 left. I didn't no what to expect in this class, but I do know that it is not going to be easy..... The first thing we started talking about was water and its properties and the chemical context of life. Both were very interesting because I learned some things that I have learned before, but more in depth then in my previous science classes. For example polar, non polar, covalent and ionic bonds I now know way more about than I ever had. After that our class took a quiz over water and the context of life, which made me extremely nervous, but I passed. After the quiz, we talked about the importance of carbon and macromolecules. Now I learned something completely new.I learned about the chemical groups, hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino ,sulfhydryl, phospahte and methyl. We also talked about hydrolysis and dehaydration reaction, which is when water is either taken out or put into an enzyme.


         Even though I have been in this class for a few weeks, I have learned about several things that I haven't heard about before or learned more about a subject then I have before.