Crystal Carbohydrates: Creating a Data Table to Analyze How Sugar Structure Impacts the Formation of Butterscotch Candy

Book Chapter | April 2011

This experiment takes a molecular view of sugar formation, introducing the sucrose molecule and how it can be arranged in different formations to create materials with very different qualities. The lab introduces…

Digesting Complex Carbohydrates: Using yeast as a model system for human digestion

Journal Article | January 2003

A fermentation lab focuses on the energy of the digestive system and engages students in the topics of metabolism, enzymology, bioengineering, and genetics. The authors describe how Beano can be used in the lab to show…

Health, Literacy, & Poetry

Journal Article | May 2020

The Molecules That Make Me Unique

Journal Article | January 2021

Green Plants, Red Glow

Journal Article | June 2021

From Bean to Cup

Journal Article | February 2019

Coffee comes to the science lab

Is Vaping Harmful?

Journal Article | September 2020

Sweet Indigestion

Case Study | October 2004

Protein and Muscles

Playlist | July 2022

Do Plants Breathe?

Journal Article | February 2019

The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and…

Get a Chemical Clue

Case Study | August 2022

Sweet Truth

Case Study | May 2011