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Hypertextbook: Large Molecules
This is a good, in-depth reference for the study of macromolecules in biology - lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. Includes images and links to other sources as well as a quiz for students to check understanding.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Who Took Jerell's I Pod? An Organic Compound Mystery
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Who Took Jerell's iPod? lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students are challenged to solve a mystery by testing for...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Tree of Life's Molecules
An interactive activity where you can zoom in to explore the macromolecules present in organisms. Learn about proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acid as you investigate the molecular structure of these types of macromolecules....
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Chemistry Ii: Water and Organic Molecules
Online biology textbook discussing the chemical nature of water, and the importance of its molecular structure to life. Also discusses at length the organic molecules nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona/biochemistry
Tutorial provides an overview of the structural features of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 3 B: Chemical Structure and Reactivity
A collection of video lectures from a chemical structure and reactivity course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches conjunction, aromatic theory, carbonyl compounds, carbohydrates, amines, carboxylic acid....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Carbon Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbon is one of the most common elements found in living organisms. Chains of carbon molecules form the backbones of many molecules, such as carbohydrates,...
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Nutrients in Food
Discusses food, why we need it, and the types of nutrients that food for humans must have.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Using Food Labels
Do you know how to read a food label? Food labels provide important information about the nutritional value of foods. In this lesson students will learn about food labels, healthful eating, nutrition facts, and units of measurement...
Other
British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14): Energy and Nutrients
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...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Digestion
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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Organic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning
Learn here about organic compounds, groups of carbon atoms covalently bonded to hydrogen, usually oxygen, and often other elements as well, and how they are essential to human functioning.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Organic Compounds Study Guide
Explore and review the biological molecules necessary for life.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Molecular Level of Genetics
Investigate the four categories of biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids in this resource.
Other
Ask the Dietitian: Fad Diets
Find questions and answers about different types of fad diets. Learn about possible long-term effects of high protein and liquid diets, fast fat burning, and the "Zone" diet, and find out what fasting, vegetable diets, and grapefruit...
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Teaching Guide: Tasty Models (5 8)
With this lesson, young scholars create models of carbohydrates and proteins using pieces of candy in order "to visualize the atomic arrangements of nutrient molecules."
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Energy Density & Weight Loss:feel Full on Fewer Calories
This article is medium-sized in length and provides great information on the subject. Links are provided for additional information as well.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Digestive System
Take a look inside the human body's digestive system. This site features diagrams of the digestive tract and each part is accompanied by labels and descriptions. Just select an organ by moving the mouse over its image.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Materia Viva 2 Bachillerato
In this unit you can read about the molecules that compose us and understand their biological functions. It includes 18 interactive activities.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Life Chemistry Quizzes
Two multiple-choice quizzes, one on the processes and types of biological molecules, the other on the structure and replication of DNA.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Food Labels Tell the Story!
Read about the building blocks of food and how to read food labels to make better choices about what you eat.
Read Works
Read Works: Are You a Fit Kid?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the vitamins and minerals your body needs to stay healthy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Biochemical Compound Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Biochemical compounds: their general structure and different classes.