Sustainable practice 1/carbohydrate game

Objective
To refresh on how a carbohydrate is produced, by what and what that means to our species



Activity

 * 1) Create a set of circular cards that each represent a molecule from the elements that are needed to make up a carbohydrate
 * 2) Provide a number of tooth picks
 * 3) Ask students to make as many CO2 and H2O (carbon dioxide and water) molecules as they can using the toothpicks to connect the carbon, oxygen and hydrogen molecules in a way that creates CO2 and H20. NB. Everyone circular card you have created should be used up
 * 4) Ask them then to create this carbohydrate molecule structure
 * 5) Ask them what it is that they have created and what is left over? What is the vital element need to achieve this molecule in real life? - The Sun!  Provide a card that represents the sun.
 * 6) Then discuss how this carbohydrate is produced in real life. What does this mean to our species and how we operate in the natural world.

Links and resources

 * http://www.biotopics.co.uk/as/glucose2.html