Re: pinhole macromolecule website

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From: Burt Kessler (bcomet@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 19:44:59 PDT 

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:44:59 -0700
Subject: Re: pinhole macromolecule website
From: Burt Kessler <bcomet@pacbell.net>
Message-Id: <C24CC3E2-ECA6-11D7-AD4D-000A27B74084@pacbell.net>

On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 11:22 AM, Charlotte Lum wrote:

> I do not have plastic molecular models and would like instead to show
> my students websites with graphics of the molecular structures of
> carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Explanations of how the
> structures tie into their functions (ie energy in the bonds) would be
> a great bonus.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
I have my students build models of sugars and amino acids using small
marshmallows and toothpicks. They build 3-d models with styrofoam
balls and thin dowels. There is a molecular modeling program for
Macintosh computers called MacMolecule.

Burt

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