Organic+Compound+Advertisement

__ Product Advertisement __ (Write an advertisement for an imaginary product.)

Objective: 7.1.a Students know cells function similarly in all living things. (Cells in all organisms make, use and are composed of the same four types of organic compounds. Because the cells of all organism make, use and are composed of the similar compounds they must function similarly.)

Imagine that you created a dietary supplement or menu item that contains one of the four organic compounds produced by cells. It is now your job to promote your product in writing. The secret to a good advertisement is to combine made up stuff that sounds good with accurate scientific information and terms. (Pictures and colors also help in promoting products __once__ the writing is done. Finish your writing before you start drawing.)

First __collect information__ and then __write an advertisement__ for a product that contains the organic compound that you have been assigned. The organic compounds that make up living things are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

Collect accurate information on the compound you have been assigned by answering the following questions. Use pages 99 to 101 in your textbook. Also use the article at the links provided.

1. Tell what your assigned compound does in cells and organisms.

2. Make a list of foods that contain your assigned compound.

3. List the elements contained in your assigned compound.

Do one of the following items that is about your assigned organic compound. 4. List the three kinds of __carbohydrates__ mentioned in the textbook. The last kind is commonly called fiber. 4. Explain the role of amino acids in __proteins__. 4. List the three kinds of __lipids__. 4. List the two kinds of __nucleic acids__ and where they are found in the cell.

5. List other interesting facts about your assigned compound if you want.

Write an advertisement for an imaginary product that includes the information you collected. Make up a name for your product. Your product should contain the organic molecule you were assigned. Your advertisement should be written like an advertisement you would hear by listening to a radio or television. Your advertisement should include the following:

1. Tell what the organic compound contained in your product does in cells and organisms.

2. Tell how your product is superior to actual foods that contain the organic compound you were assigned.

3. Tell or list the elements contained in the organic compound you were assigned and relate this to your product.

Only one of these applies to the compound you were assigned. 4. Relate the __carbohydrates__ in your product to other sources of sugars, starches, and cellulose/fiber. 4. State how amino acids are the subunits that your cells use to make proteins and how your product provides these. 4. State how you product provides lipids that cells use to make fats, waxes, and oils. 4. State the functions of DNA and RNA and how your product provides these needed nucleic acids..

5. Include additional true information about the organic molecule in your product if you want.

Article Links: Overview (Of all four compounds) [|Carbohydrates] [|Proteins]...[|Proteins2]... [|Protein3]...[|Bad_Protein1]...[|Bad_Protein2]...[|Enzymes]...[|Hormones] [|Lipids]...[|Lipids2] ...[|Lipids3]...[|Lipids4]...[|Cheese] [|Nucleic Acids]...[|Nucleic Acids]

Generalizing how to write an advertisement by reading actual advertisements is helpful. Click these links to study the style of two advertisements. PowerBar HerbaLife

Organic Compound Table Filled out while doing a "Gallery Walk." Students will look at each others advertisements and answered questions and collect the facts they need.



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