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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008  > April  >
In the Classroom
Biochemistry Wordsearches
Terry L. Helser
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, State University of New York College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015
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April 2008
Vol. 85 No. 4
p. 515
Abstract
This puzzle contains 30 names, terms, and acronyms and 17 amino acid abbreviations that describe amino acid synthesis in a 14-by-15-letter matrix. A descriptive narrative with underlined spaces to be filled gives clues to the terms students need to find. When all are found, the 6 letters remaining in the matrix complete a sentence describing a genetic disease that students are asked to explain. This challenging wordsearch puzzle is suitable for any course that introduces amino acid anabolism. It is designed to make students (and instructors?) study and maybe learn something from their textbook, while exercising some creative thinking skills. This puzzle contains 47 names, terms, and acronyms that describe nucleotide synthesis in a 15-by-17-letter matrix. A descriptive narrative with underlined spaces to be filled gives clues to the terms students need to find. When all are found, the 21 letters remaining (unused) in the matrix complete a sentence describing the pathways. This wordsearch puzzle is suitable for any course that introduces nucleic acid anabolism.
Supplement
Three wordsearch puzzles and solutions
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Citation
Helser, Terry L. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 515.
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Keywords
Amino Acids; Biochemistry; Biosynthesis; Graduate Education / Research; Humor / Puzzles / Games; Metabolism; Molecular Biology; Nomenclature / Units / Symbols; Synthesis; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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2/26/2008
3/5/2008
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