Activities
- This Glencoe worksheet, "Atoms and Their
Interactions,"
covers the basics of atomic theory.
- And this Glencoe worksheet, " Life
Substances,"
deals with the three main nutrients.
- Have students try this "Chemistry of Life"
interactive
crossword puzzle game.
- Use
this "Iron in Your Cereal"
demonstration
to show the presence of minerals in foods.
- For an
easier version of the above, "Cereal Flake Races,"
is done on an
overhead projector and includes a Quicktime
video.
- Have students try this Java
"Biochemistry"
wordsearch puzzle.
- Or try
this Java "Biochemistry
Review" jeopardy game.
- Or this Java
"The
Chemistry of Life" matching
exercise.
- Here's an "Amino
Acids" matching game.
- Try this "Chemistry
for Biology" wordsearch puzzle.
- Use C.
Massengale's "Biochemistry"
Class Notes and have students take her "Biochemistry"
Quiz.
- Play this Quia
Rags to Riches "Biochemistry"
game.
- "Toothpickase"
is an enzyme simulation
activity using toothpicks.
- Have
students figure out what the chemicals in their bodies are worth with
this "How Much Are You Worth?"
activity from Alexis Book, a chemistry, physics, and science teacher at
The
Neighborhood Academy.
Labs
- This
"Food Chemistry Testing"
lab includes
links for buying indicators and test solutions.
- Or try this "Organic Compounds"
testing
lab. It has a different test for lipids.
- This "Food Chemistry" unit
from Vanderbilt
Student Volunteers for Science
also contains a food testing
lab.
- In this
"Breakfast Cereal Lab" ,
students analyze the ingreadients in various breakfast cereals.
- In "McMush"
students analyze the food
content of a McDonald's "Happy
Meal."
Susan from the NSTA Biology Listserve contributed these "McMush
Lab Photos."
- Try Thomas
Wanamaker's "Enzyme Simulation"
lab.
- Students determine whether yeast are
carrying out
fermentation in Kim
Rebello's "Fermentation Bottles"
lab.
- The "Food
Chemistry Experiments" booklet
fromThe
Institute of Food
Technologists contains
63 pages of food experiments, activities, and puzzles.
- "Mello JELL-O" is
a lab that demonstrates the effects of enzymes in detergent on Jell-o.
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