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Curated OER

PICKING PEANUTS

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create sentences, using words printed on pictures of peanuts. They are explained that the peanut is not really a nut, but a legume, related to beans and peas. Students are also told that the first peanuts grew in Brazil. They...
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Curated OER

A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Based on a set of criteria, students will evaluate the quality of pecans.1. Bring a gram scale and papershell pecans. Provide five pecans for each student. 2. Divide the class into groups of five and provide each member with five pecans....
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Curated OER

CALORIE COUNTDOWN

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will categorize foods according to their components and energy content.1. Design a large bulletin board with sections for carbohydrates, fats and proteins. 2. Ask students to bring labels and packages of different food products....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

RP Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Endocrine System

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this endocrine system worksheet, students compare and contrast the glands associated with this body system plus review the four major classes of hormones. This worksheet has 25 fill in the blank statements.
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Curated OER

Build a Burger

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read about hamburgers and analyze a healthy diet as well as the importance of nutrition. In this nutrition education lesson, students read the background information about hamburgers and their nutrition facts. Students complete...
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Curated OER

Thermoset Polymers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a lab activity with polymers to allow them to better understand how to make "observations".  In this science instructional activity students make measurements and collect data.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Macromolecules: Introduction to Proteins and Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of peptide bonds and how different amino acids combine to form different proteins. Also discussed is the difference in function and structure of proteins.
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Amino Acid Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Anything you need to know about amino acids is likely to be available in this learning tool. You can explore the properties, chemical structures, and functions of all twenty amino acids, analyze mutations, and more.
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Article
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: Amino Acids Are Linked by Peptide Bonds to Form Polypeptide Chains

For Students 9th - 10th
Proteins are linear polymers formed by linking the a-carboxyl group of one amino acid to the a-amino group of another amino acid with a peptide bond. The formation of a dipeptide from two amino acids is accompanied by the loss of a water...
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Amino Acid

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the structure and types of amino acids, and of how they combine to form proteins. (Published: October 16, 2010)
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Amino Acids and Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students investigate amino acids, peptide bonds, and proteins. They also have the opportnity to discover the effect of an enzyme on a biochemical...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Amino Acids and Proteins Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Amino acids and proteins questions.
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Website
Other

Institute of Chemistry: Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable list of links to descriptions and models of 20 amino acids, including classification and structure.
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Other

Virtual Chembook: Characteristics and Properties of Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Each amino acid has at least one amine and one acid functional group as the name implies. The different properties result from variations in the structures of different R groups. The R group is often referred to as the amino acid side...
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Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: The Chemistry of Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site for understanding Amino Acids, the building blocks for protein. Besides a very complete summary, the site includes a complete list of amino acids, a link to basic amino acid structure, a list if atoms in amino acids, and...
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Website
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Twenty Amino Acids

For Students 5th - 8th
Humans need amino acids to exist. Click on each of the necessary twenty listed to see their molecular structures and learn what type they are.
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Activity
Other

Virtual Chembook: Amino Acid Peptide Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
The formation of peptides is nothing more than the application of the amide synthesis reaction. By convention, the amide bond in the peptides should be made in the order that the amino acids are written.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Glucogenic and Ketogenic Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Multiple choice practice questions over glucogenic and ketogenic amino acids.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Amino Acids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson explores scientific principles in using eggs as a highly nutritious and versatile food source of protein.
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Lesson Plan
National Health Museum

Nhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on differences in the amino acid sequence of hemoglobin and myoglobin proteins. They use the number of differences to create a phylogenetic tree.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
View 4 common amino acids from all angles with these 3-D interactive molecules. Also, find links to information about other structures.
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Article
Other

Amino Acids and Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article to learn more about amino acids and proteins.
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Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Immunology: Introduction to Western Blot Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulate the Western blotting procedure used to identify specific amino-acid sequences in proteins.

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