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An Introduction to Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Whether you need a new textbook for your health class, or a few exercises and passages for your lesson on nutrition, you'll find what you need with a thorough nutritional science resource. With 15 chapters that cover elements of...
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Molecular Structure of Fat

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Bad fat, good fat, trans fat, food fat—are all fats created equal? Get to the bottom of the types of fat with a well-crafted presentation. The resource covers adipose tissue, lipids, trans fats, and many other substances that fall under...
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Biochemical Placemats

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students group various foods according to whether they are proteins, carbohydrates, or lipids. This activity is a multisensory way of introducing students to biochemistry. Students also learn how icons represent the molecular composition...
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Fatty Acids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students draw connections between chemical structures of fats and oils (lipids) and their use in food science and nutrition.
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Worksheet
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Life Substance

For Students 9th - 12th
In this life substances worksheet, high schoolers will review carbon atoms, monosaccharides, dissaccharides, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. This worksheet has 4 true or false and 17 matching questions.
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Worksheet
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Biologically Important Molecules

For Students 8th - 10th
For this biologically important molecules worksheet, students fill in the blank with information about carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Students also make notes about nucleic acids.
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Worksheet
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Organic Compounds

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this organic compounds worksheet, learners practice identifying chemical structures and compare sugars, starches, and lipids. This worksheet has 5 matching and 15 multiple choice questions.
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Testing for Life

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students test for organic molecules to determine if a solution contains once living molecules. In this characteristics of life lesson, students test common liquids for the presence of organic molecules, including starch, protein, and...
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Dietary Supplements and the Chemistry of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners study the effects of dietary supplements on bodily functions.  In this health lesson students calculate their caloric needs and research dietary supplements. 
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PPT
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Cellular Respiration: Other Metabolites and Control of Respiration

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
The feedback mechanisms of metabolism of a variety of substances in the human body. Carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and their derivatives are explained. The biochemistry required to explain the metabolic balance and feedback controls...
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Worksheet
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Nutrient Biochemistry

For Students Higher Ed
In this lipids instructional activity, students review the different types of lipids and how lipids are used by the body. This instructional activity has 3 drawings and 27 fill in the blank statements.
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How do things flow in and out of a cell?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students revise thier partner's essay. They also write the second draft of their essay for homework. Students use the Protein Explorer web site to visualize molecules, ATP, DNA, proteins and lipid bilayer. They are able to see all the...
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Organizer
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Concept Map - Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this organic compounds, students complete a graphic organizer by placing 36 vocabulary words into their correct places in the concept map.
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The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Amateur biologists examine the macromolecules that are foundational to life: proteins,  lipids, and carbohydrates. This worksheet is composed of five pages of questions and plenty of space to write answers. Learners will explore such...
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Endocrine System: Hormones

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The many images and labeled diagrams in this PowerPoint will help learners understand different areas of the endocrine system. The slide show starts with information about the absorption of lipid and protein based hormones, and then...
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Strange Bugs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As individuals or in small groups, marine biologists research and discuss archaea and their unusual behavior as compared to bacteria. Teach them about the chemical makeup of the cell membrane of these strange organisms. This complex...
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PPT
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Organic and Biological Compounds

For Teachers 10th
Carbon as a building block for organic compounds is demonstrated by diagrams and facts for its bonding style.  Saturated and unstaturated hydrocarbons are detailed and facts about biological compounds such as proteins, nucleic acids,...
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Molecules of Life

For Students 4th - 5th
In this molecules worksheet, learners read a 1 page article on molecules and then answer 10 true or false, multiple choice, short answer and/or fill in the blank questions referring to the article.
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Identifying Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th
In this organic compound lab worksheet, students complete 5 pre-lab questions before testing a variety of common foods to determine which organic compound is present. Once data collection is complete and recoded, they answer 9 analysis...
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane

For Students 9th - 10th
In this homeostasis and plasma membrane worksheet, students use the given diagram to answer 5 questions at the bottom of the sheet. They determine what the outside layers of a plasma membrane are made up of. Then, students explain how...
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The Cell Membrane

For Students 9th - 10th
In this cell membrane worksheet, students use the Nelson Biology text to complete the blanks. Students then sketch and label two figures found within the text.
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Organizer
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Murder and a Meal

For Students 7th - 9th
For this murder and a meal worksheet, students read the given scenario and determine a procedure to test each organic macromolecule stated in the reading. Students write out the procedure for testing. Students complete a chart that...
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

The Making of Macromolecules

For Students 7th - 12th
Compare and contrast macromolecules made from the same elements. Young scholars learn how the structure of a molecule has as much influence on a compound as the elements in the molecule. They experiment with molecular model kits to...
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Virginia Department of Education

Soap, Slime, and Creative Chromatography

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you think chromatography paper suffers from separation anxiety? Young chemists make soap, slime, silly putty, and experiment with chromatography in this lesson. The material includes clear instructions for each experiment along with...

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