FINAL PROJECT: Abstract and Reader's Reponse > Popular Workout and Energy Supplements and Their Biochemical Effects on the Body

Abstract: The biochemical interactions of popular performance enhancing supplements is examined. Many people consume energy and workout products without being properly informed of the side effects involved in their consumption. Furthermore, as chemistry and biology students, there should be an interest in understanding the mechanisms of action for popular performance enhancing products. The supplements covered are: caffeine, pterostilbene, caffeine:pterostilbene cocrystal, taurine, beta-alanine, bioperine, and creatine. The general concepts of chemistry discussed in this paper are: how molecular structure impacts solubility, hydrogen bonding, and cocrystal synthesis. The overall takeaway is the understanding of how popular performance enhancing supplements interact on a biochemical level to produce both positive and negative effects.

Reader Profile: A student in AP chemistry or biology who is assigned to read this paper during class after AP exams.

Reader Response: There is a lot of information - perhaps too much - and there is not enough transition between some sections. However, the information about caffeine and creatine were very informative for me. These are my two most used supplements and I did not have much prior knowledge of how they work or any details on safety. However, the other supplements do not really apply to what I'm looking for and are relatively unimportant to me.

Voice: It will be third person throughout the paper.
Citation: It will be in text citations throughout the paper.
May 5, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterEric Russ
E, you may want to rethink the third person approach, as well as the formalism. Think about how to reach tired, bored, seniors with spring fever.

Will you use other ways to accommodate to this audience? In the curriculum guide you might include a YouTube commercial for a performance-enhancing project and help students evaluate the claims.

What about cartoons or animations?

Let me know more detail about HOW you will provide this excellent content for AP chemistry/biology students.
May 7, 2017 | Registered CommenterMarybeth Shea