Organic Compounds:
During the study of living things students learn about 4 macromolecules-proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. In this activity students investigate and discover where three of the four macromolecules are found...in different food substances.

Creating Coacervates
Students mix a carbohydrate solution with a protein solution, adjust the pH, and view coacervates: amoeba-like objects, which change shape, flow, merge, divide, form "vacuoles", release "vacuole contents", and show other life-like properties.

Eating Healthy
At the end of a 3-day period, students will tabulate calories, fat content, type of fat, sugars, protein, and minerals based on their individual diets.

Body Fat: Carrying Your Calories
Want to get away from it all? Go mountain hiking? Now's your opportunity. Plan a three-day backpacking trip to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Your trip will involve climbing, carrying, eating, cooking, and sleeping. All these activities will challenge your body's supply of and demand for calories. Plan what you'll pack for your trip as if your life depended on it.

When Milk Makes You Sick
A lesson in lactose intolerance.

Identification of Lipids and Proteins
To analyze food samples for the presence of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins.

Identifying Food Nutrients
You have just started a job as a food-quality tester. Your task will be to develop a kit to test foods for sugar, starch, protein and lipids. The test kit will be used by dietitians who will analyze foods to create nutritional menus for hospital patients. Your first assignment is to demonstrate proficiency using standard tests for nutrients in foods.
 

Nucleic Acids

Large Molecules Problem Set -
Online macromolecule tutorial  

Simplified Diagram of Cellular Metabolism

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