Cooking Matters
Sugar Shocker
A well-balanced meal is crucial to living a healthy lifestyle. Support healthy living with a activity that focuses on the amount of sugar we find in our food. The packet begins with an overview, then goes into an activity in...
National Institute of Open Schooling
Biomolecules
An informative lesson has learners read about, discuss, and study the classification, structure and importance of the following biomolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and enzymes.
US Department of Agriculture
Serving Up My Plate
Within three nutrition-themed, inquiry-based learning opportunities, pupils take notice of their eating habits; delve deep into the five food groups, gain experience in planning meals, participate in a taste test, and explore ads...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Food Chemistry: Carbohydrates
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,...
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
University of London: Nomenclature of Carbohydrates
An advanced site with the proper rules for naming carbohydrates.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism
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.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Sweet Sweet Carbs
Here you can learn all about carbohydrates! Content explores what carbohydrates are used for in the body, as well as the different types: saccharides, regular sugars, and polysaccharides.
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Sugars, Carbs, Monosaccharides
Description of the chemical makeup of monosaccharides, accompanied by molecular diagrams of glucose, galactose, and fructose. Links to more in depth information.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona/biochemistry
Tutorial provides an overview of the structural features of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
American Heart Association
Aha: Carbohydrates and Sugars
Site dedicated to the nutritional recommendations of the American Heart Association.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Raymond
Learn about Raymond "Sugar Ray" Lemieux's synthesis of carbohydrates as you read about his life and his invention of "Synthetic Sugar".
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Disaccharide
Wikipedia provides a brief description of disaccharides, including hyperlinked terms and examples.