Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Carbohydrate Metabolism

For Students 9th - 10th
Students understand the process of carbohydrate metabolism, and the chemical processes involved in this aspect of digestion.
Activity
University of Arizona

Ua: Carbohydrate Metabolism Regulation Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on carbohydrate metabolism regulation through a quiz set-up. Answer each question, and the correct answers will be presented, complete with a full tutorial.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Carbohydrate Metabolism Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT with these questions about carbohydrate metabolism.
Handout
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles of Carl and Gerty Corbi, American biochemists who studied how the human body metabolizes glucose. Their research advanced treatments for diabetes, and won them a Nobel Prize in 1947. Includes links to additional resources.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hypoglycemia and Carbohydrate Metabolism

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions based on a scenario about a baby experiencing low blood sugar after eating.
Handout
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Food Chemistry: Carbohydrates

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about carbohydrates, which make up one of the three "Major classes of macronutrients that are essential to living organisms." In addition to defining several terms, including carbohydrate, simple sugars, complex carbohydrates,...
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Carbohydrates

For Students 9th - 10th
You'll be introduced to carbohydrates in this Clinical Chemistry Carbohydrate Game.
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Gerty Theresa Cori

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the first American woman to achieve the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with her discoveries in biochemistry, especially carbohydrate metabolism.
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Browsing Biochemistry

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn about biochemistry, the chemistry of the living world. Content explores carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid structure and proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, and metabolism.
Unit Plan
Other

British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14): Energy and Nutrients

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the energy and nutrient requirements of humans in this comprehensive tutorial. They will look at dietary sources of energy, what the human body needs, changes in those needs during life's stages, the energy required...
Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Digestion

For Students 6th - 8th
A student-paced tutorial where learners read information, answer interactive review activities, and then take a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions on Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pentose Phosphate Pathway

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides a discussion of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Digestive System: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the processes of digestion in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Digestive System."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Digestive System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the processes of digestion in humans. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Digestive System."
eBook
Other

Characteristics of Energy and Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy page from the Fundamentals of Physical Geography site. Energy is distinguished from matter, and the different forms of energy are identified and discussed. Four types of heat transfer (convection, advection, conduction,...