Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Disaccharide

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides a brief description of disaccharides, including hyperlinked terms and examples.
Website
Other

Kids' World Nutrition Information: Understanding Food Labels

For Students 3rd - 8th
In order to plan a healthy diet, students must know how to read a food label. Food labels show that a food has a little or a lot of certain nutrients. Look on the side of a product to find the Nutrition Facts title, which is fully...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Disaccharides: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce disaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Disaccharides."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Disaccharides: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce disaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Disaccharides."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Disaccharides: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce disaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Disaccharides."
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Superhumans and Bionics: A Heart of Titanium

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore how to keep your heart healthy by exercising regularly, sticking to a low-fat diet and not smoking. Use mathematics to understand nutritional information about various foods.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Smarter Food Processing Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge about the foods you eat by taking a short quiz. Match products to their ingredients, answer questions about nutritional values and compute the amount of fruits and vegetables consumed per year.
Activity
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities: Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze a children's meal from a local fast food restaurant to confirm or deny the presence of fat, protein, simple carbohydrates (sugar) and complex carbohydrates (starch).
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Polysaccharides: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce polysaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Polysaccharides."
Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: What Do Food Labels Really Say?

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.
Interactive
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Is Your Diet Healthy?

For Students 9th - 10th
A nutrition calculator exploring student's dietary choices by finding their total intake of calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, sodium, and fiber throughout the day.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce monosaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Monosaccharides."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce monosaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Monosaccharides."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce monosaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Monosaccharides."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce monosaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Monosaccharides."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Polysaccharides: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce polysaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Polysaccharides."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Polysaccharides: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce polysaccharides, including an overview of their structure, and providing multiple examples. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Polysaccharides."