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The tips begin at a different place in each module. The advice moves along with the stages of the course.

You will have a tendency to encode information differently depending on the level to which the information is relevant to your life. This is the self-reference effect. Knowledge items with personal relevance are easier to remember and learned more deeply. Relate science concepts to your personal experience as much as possible.

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Module 7 Science Focus

Amino Acids & Protein Structure
The Protein Laboratory
Coordination Chemistry
Oxygen Transporters

Suggested Assignments

Science Focus

Study the conceptual materials in your book-set (TBR or Kaplan) covering amino acids and protein structure. 

Perform the odd numbered (phase 1 ) practice items in your book-set.

Watch the videos for Module 7 - Amino Acids & Protein Structure, The Protein Laboratory, Coordination Chemistry, and Oxygen Transporters.

Integrated Course practice items:

Read Ch. 1 - Amino Acids, Ch. 2 - Structure of Proteins, and Ch. 3 - Globular Proteins in Biochemistry (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews). Perform the practice items at the end of each chapter. 

Choose from the resources available within the Topic Pages to reinforce and supplement learning.

Conceptual Integration

Read the Interdisciplinary Notes for Module 7.

Play Catch Blue.

Take the Module 7 Cumulative Quiz. 

Biology Cycle

Read Ch. 11 - Protein Trafficking and Ch. 12 - Protein Degradation in Lippincott - Cell & Molecular Biology. 

Psychology

Study the conceptual treatment of Cognition in your MCAT book-set and complete the odd numbered problems.

Review the conceptual vocabulary for Cognition using the illustrated conceptual primer on this site.

Extend practice using the Essential Concepts ANKI Deck to include the Cognition cards. 

Integrated Course practice items:

Cumulative psychology review 

CARS

Module 7 CARS Lesson Types of CARS passages.

Perform the second 7 passages (questions 44-80) from CARS Question Pack, Vol. 2. Give yourself 65 minutes to complete the passages. Before scoring them, perform a blind review.

MCAT Practice

Complete the Practice Questions from the Official Guide to the MCAT Exam at AAMC MCAT Prep Hub.