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Perspectives in Nutrition Text = PIN &  General, Organic & Biochemistry Text = GOB

Week

Monday Lectures

Wednesday Lecture

Saturday Lab

1

09/26

to

10/01

Introductions

Measurements & Units Ch. 2 GOB

Bonus 1

Food Labels Ch. 2 PIN

Homework Assignment #1

Organic Farm Tour

Taste and Smell Labs

Ch. 1 PIN

Workshop on Numbers

Homework Assignment #1 Due

 

Harvest Festival

2

10/03

to 10/08

Subatomic Particles  Ch. 3 GOB

Quiz 1 & Bonus 2

Nutritional Research & Pyramid

Set up Distillation Lab

Ions and Ionic Compounds

Ch. 4 GOB

 

Computer Lab

Bring Nutr Calc Disc

Lab Session

Distillation of Ethanol

Farm Work

3

10/10 to 10/12

Salt Physiology

Pages 381 – 386 PIN

Moles (Ch. 6 GOB) and Salt Lab

Quiz 2 & Bonus 3

Digestive System Workshop

 Ch. 3 PIN 

Mineral Diet Analysis

NO LAB

 

 

Farm Work

4

10/17 to 10/22

review GOB 1 to 4 & 6

Trace Minerals  Ch. 12 PIN

fluorosis

Farm House   

Guest Speaker: Mushrooms

Nutrition of Mushrooms

info on kombucha

Mushroom Hunt

House

Farm Work

5

10/24 to 10/29

Water Physiology

nalgene

pages 371 – 380 PIN

Mineral Diet Analysis Due 

Quiz 3 & Bonus 4  Intro to Water & Covalent Compounds Ch. 5 GOB

Leavening Agents

Covalent Compounds & Toy Lab

Ch. 5 GOB

Puff Pasteries

Farm Work

 

 

MINTS

6

10/31 to 11/02

Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Ch. 12 & 13 GOB

Bonus 5 & Quiz 4

Hydration Assignment

 Introduction to Organic Chemistry Ch. 13 & 14 GOB

 

Brews and Infusions

LAB Session

10 - 5 pm

 

 

Farm Work

7

11/07 to 11/12

Sulfur Chemistry Ch. 14 GOB

Quiz 5

Nutrition of Garlic

Hydration Assignment Due

Organic Farm

Beer Making I and Gindger Ale

brrewed coffee

Farm Work

8

11/14 to 11/16

Review of Organic Chemistry

Flavors / Spices

Ch. 19 - PIN

echinacea

PreLab info

  Organic Synthesis Lab

Lab Five - Methyl salicilate

 

Gobble Gobble Gobble

9

11/28 to 11/30

Chemical Additives   

Intro to Carbonyl Chemistry

Bonus 6

  Need to Inform Instructors if Leaving Program at end of Fall Quarter

Class at Organic Farm House

ALCOHOL

PIN- chapter 9

 

Beer Making II 

 *Academic Fair 4 - 6 pm *

 

Farm Work

LAST CHANCE

10

12/05 to 12/07

METABOLISM

fat metabolism

CH. 4 PIN

 

Quiz 6

 

POTLUCK

at Organic Farmhouse
 

Eval Week

Evaluation Conferences

 

This schedule is subject to change --- please check class web site for updates.