CHEMISTRY OF LIFE

Kit Contents:
15 black 4-peg carbon atom centers
7 black 3-peg carbon atom centers
6 red 2-peg oxygen atom centers
4 blue 3-peg nitrogen atom centers
20 white 1-peg hydrogen atom centers
4 green 1-peg halogen atom centers
40-1.25" PVC, clear bonds (single bonds)
8-1.625" PVC, clear bonds (double bonds)
104 total pieces
Lab procedure and answer key PDF on this website.

Students use this kit to investigate the structures of a wide variety of biochemicals. Instructions first take students through building examples of several functional groups, followed up with making models of about 20 important biochemicals such as vitamin C, urea, serotonin, glucose, a low molecular weight triglyceride, aspirin, aspartame, etc.

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