Biomolecules: discover structures and processes is a series of mobile applications designed for students and teachers and anyone interested in biomolecules, providing an interactive and fun way to explore concepts related to biomolecules. Our free-to-play apps, available on iPhones and iPads and touch enabled Android devices, including touch screen Chromebooks, make often difficult to learn concepts easy by featuring:
Intuitive touch controls and manipulable 3D molecular models
Interactive lessons that teach core molecular concepts
Review games that provide feedback
and so much more!
Functional groups app can help anyone interested learn the functional groups of biomolecules as well as chemistry topics related to biomolecules and functional groups. It includes the following sections:
Molymod® Organic/Inorganic Molecular Model Teacher Set
Item #: 840182
This versatile molecular model set contains plastic atoms and bonds designed to make skeletal models of elementary organic and inorganic structures. Packed in plastic case with instruction sheet.
Macromolecules app can help anyone interested become familiar with the four classes of biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins, as well as the cellular processes involved in the metabolism of macromolecules. It includes the following sections:
Inquiries in Science®: Synthesizing Macromolecules Kit
Item #: 251023
Model Macromolecules
Students model how carbon can form straight, branched, and ring-shaped compounds, and how monomers of simple sugars can combine to form macromolecules of starches, glycogen, and cellulose. They also model how fatty acids can combine with glycerol to form lipids, and learn how to determine by their structure whether they are saturated or unsaturated. Model amino acids are built and joined to make proteins. Perform Chemical Tests
Conduct testing of sugars, starches, and proteins with Benedict’s solution, IKI, and biuret solution. Your students also investigate how specialized proteins known as enzymes can act as catalysts in living organisms to speed up chemical reactions. Experimental Design
As their Extend activity, students design an investigation to measure how environmental factors influence the rate of hydrogen peroxide decomposition by the enzyme catalase.
Kit materials are sufficient for 30 students working in groups of 3. Receive a FREE digital Teacher's Manual and Student Guide with kit purchase.
Cellular respiration app can help anyone interested learn the cellular respiration processes. With this app you are able to learn Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and Oxidative phosphorylation reactions as well as the molecules involved in these pathways. It includes the following sections:
Investigating Cellular Respiration and Anaerobic Processes in Yeast Beads Kit
Item #: 202208
Introduce students to the cycling of carbon from glucose to carbon dioxide in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Students develop a model based on initial observations in an open system. After measuring the volume of carbon dioxide evolution over time in a closed system, and observing an indicator for the presence of oxygen, they graph the rate of carbon dioxide evolution and revise their models.
