Some
arrangements of molecules in water are more likely than others.
Pretend
you are a lipid. Take a set
of old-fashioned matchsticks with colored tips, and arrange them
so that their hydrophobic tails are protected from water. Decide
whether the red tips are hydrophobic or hydrophilic. Then see
how many arrangements can you make. There are at least three
possible arrangements. You may want to move them around on your
table or desk in 2-D arrangements, and then figure out what the
shape would look like in 3-D.
After you are through,
go on to see more complex lipid events that happen in water,
in Micelles
and Membranes.
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