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For this hands-on lesson, students use candy to construct models of nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats). Create visualizations that will aid in learning about dehydration synthesis and bond saturation in fat molecules. Includes model illustrations, discussion questions, and more references on modeling and molecules.
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atomic modeling, bond saturation in fat molecules, carbohydrate molecules, carboxyl group, dehydration synthesis, dehyration synthesis, glucose model, glycine, glycine model, hydroxyl groups, nutrient molecules, protein molecules, ring glucose, ring glucose with sixth carbon atom, saturated fats, unsaturated fats, pbs: scientific american frontiers: teaching guide: tasty models (9-12), amino acid
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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