TED-Ed
Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight
Did you know that you can find added sugars in three-quarters of the foods you find in grocery stores? Invite your learners to consider how much sugar exists in the food products we eat on a day-to-day basis, as well as to learn about...
Curated OER
The Determination of the Presence of Reducing Sugars Using Fehling's Solution
Students investigate different fruits and vegetables for the presence of sugars. In this sugars and Fehling's solution lesson, students test the juice from an onion and a lemon for the presence of sugar by adding Fehling's solution and...
Curated OER
Biologically Important Molecules
In this biologically important molecules learning exercise, students fill in the blank with information about carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Students also make notes about nucleic acids.
Curated OER
Carbohydrate Functionality - Sweeteners
For this carbohydrate worksheet, students conduct three experiments to determine the function of sweeteners. This worksheet has 3 short answer questions.
Curated OER
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LABELS
Students practice reading and using label information and understand the purpose of food labeling. They complete surveys using labels from the products brought in. After discussing the pros and cons of having a law that requires fast...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Maple Syrup: For Pancakes, Waffles, and Crystal Candy?
Maple syrup is deliciously gooey and great on breakfast foods like pancakes and waffles. But it has another amazing property. It can form crystals under the right circumstances, and the crystals change in size and shape, depending on...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Study Chirality With a Homemade Polarimeter
Some molecules can be either left- or right-"handed." The left- and right-handed molecules have the same number and type of atoms, and their chemical structures look identical, but they are actually mirror images of each other. Many...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates
An explanation of why carbohydrates are important nutrients for the human body. Chemical formulas and structures are used to demonstrate simple and complex carbohydrates.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Carbohydrates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the general structures of the simple sugars, glucose and fructose, and find out how two simple sugars can be linked to form a disaccharide. They...
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,...
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Lipids and Carbohydrates
An introduction to these chemical families. Diagrams are easy to understand and the text explains basic concepts well.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight
Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets. [4:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Structure of Monosaccharides
Practice for the MCAT with this quiz about carbohydrates.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 2
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 3
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 4
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Monosaccharides: Lesson 1
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."
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: What Are "Added Sugars"?
In addition to providing a definition of "added sugars," this website includes examples of foods that contain added sugars and different names for added sugars that you can find while reading food labels.