Biopolymers: Building Blocks of Life

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Biopolymers Lesson

Author: Shermal Fernando, Darien Pruitt, Catherine Brewer 

Subject: Science 

Grades: 6th-10th 

Summary: This lesson plan introduces the building blocks of living organisms: monomers and polymers. The activities provide hands-on learning to connect the concepts of structure and function, and to practice data analysis for identifying data descriptors and explaining their meanings. The lesson describes molecular structures to show plants’ ability to form complex polymers for energy storage. 

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