Purpose: what is the taste, texture, and structure of the different carbohydrates.
Materials list:
Sucrose
Fructose
Maltose
Galactose
Glucose
Lactose
Starch
Cellulose peri dishes
Plastic spoon
Cup of water
Procedure (part1):
On the internet look up 8 carbohydrates on the materials list.
Find the structure image and put it on your weebly account.
Procedure (part 2):
On a paper towel label each of the carbohydrates and use the spoon
the take a bit of each one and put it next to its correct label.
Taste each one with your finger, but make sure not to double dip.
Evaluate the sweetness of each carb and record the results by
scale to organize. Look up the function of each carbohydrate.
Materials list:
Sucrose
Fructose
Maltose
Galactose
Glucose
Lactose
Starch
Cellulose peri dishes
Plastic spoon
Cup of water
Procedure (part1):
On the internet look up 8 carbohydrates on the materials list.
Find the structure image and put it on your weebly account.
Procedure (part 2):
On a paper towel label each of the carbohydrates and use the spoon
the take a bit of each one and put it next to its correct label.
Taste each one with your finger, but make sure not to double dip.
Evaluate the sweetness of each carb and record the results by
scale to organize. Look up the function of each carbohydrate.
analysis:
glucose, fructose and sucrose were the sweetest carbohydrates by far. Glucose
and fructose are monosachharide's and sucrose is a disaccharide.
they are sweeter because they have a small amount of rings. because everyone
has different taste buds, the ratings of the carbohydrates varied. Nick
and I had the same, but when i went to other groups, theres were all different.
From this we can see there are different out comes from this experiment, an
error could be mixing up the sugars, but their are no human errors.
Monosachharide's and disaccharide' s are very similar in structure,
disaccharides having two monosachharides. They both give off or deliver energy
as their functions. If there was a test that could indicate the sweetness of
carbohydrates, by using a chemical reaction, it would prevent any big
differences in outcomes.
Reflection:
this project was pretty fun i had a fun time trying a ll of the sugars we were given to
test. Fructose was my favorite because, I found it the sweetest out of all them.
I am sure some people would disagree with my opinion but Nick and i both agreed
on Fructose. over all this lab was the tastiest so far but that could change in the
near future because of the cell models we are making out of candy soon.
I would deffinatly want to do something like this again and i think you should do
the same lab with the upcoming sophomores next year.
glucose, fructose and sucrose were the sweetest carbohydrates by far. Glucose
and fructose are monosachharide's and sucrose is a disaccharide.
they are sweeter because they have a small amount of rings. because everyone
has different taste buds, the ratings of the carbohydrates varied. Nick
and I had the same, but when i went to other groups, theres were all different.
From this we can see there are different out comes from this experiment, an
error could be mixing up the sugars, but their are no human errors.
Monosachharide's and disaccharide' s are very similar in structure,
disaccharides having two monosachharides. They both give off or deliver energy
as their functions. If there was a test that could indicate the sweetness of
carbohydrates, by using a chemical reaction, it would prevent any big
differences in outcomes.
Reflection:
this project was pretty fun i had a fun time trying a ll of the sugars we were given to
test. Fructose was my favorite because, I found it the sweetest out of all them.
I am sure some people would disagree with my opinion but Nick and i both agreed
on Fructose. over all this lab was the tastiest so far but that could change in the
near future because of the cell models we are making out of candy soon.
I would deffinatly want to do something like this again and i think you should do
the same lab with the upcoming sophomores next year.