St.
Peter’s College of Ormoc
Fr. Ismael Cata-ag St., Ormoc City, 6541 Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No. (053)255-4391 Fax: (053) 255-3406
SY 2020-2021 School Theme:
“Embracing Difference: Uniting Benedictine Youth in Christ- Focus on Conversatio and Community”
SPC FLEx Learning Module Template
Title of the Module: INTRODUCTION IN BIOCHEMISTRY (Carbohydrates)
Overview:
The term biochemistry, which is the chemistry of life or the study of the processes behind
all living organisms, was first coined in 1903 by Carl Neuberg, the father of biochemistry. Carl
Neuberg studied the transport of soluble chemicals in cells which allowed for day to day cellular
processes, such as respiration to be explained. Biochemistry had been studied and the word
possibly used within the scientific community longer than 1903 in projects such as alcoholic
fermentation, discovered by Eduard Buchner in 1896. This study is a prime example of the
chemical processes that occur to either create a new compound or allow an organism to survive.
In the mid 1900s, biochemistry and its presence in the scientific world increased as feats
in medicine, microbiology, and nutrition, not to mention war time efforts, dictated the need to
understand the underlying processes behind life. This meant the study of how large chemical
molecules like carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids function in terms of structure and
interactions within a living system. This led to studies in protein function and structure, which
would later give scientists an understanding of nucleic acids in the later part of the 20th century
allowing for the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, discovered by James Watson,
Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.
Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Described what is biochemistry;
Determined the difference among the types of carbohydrates;
Explained the difference between complex and simple carbohydrates;
Appreciated the importance of biochemistry in humanity
Keywords/Concepts:
Chemistry - the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which
matter is composed.
Saccharides - an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars. a simple sugar;
monosaccharide.
Glycosidic bond - A glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage is a type of covalent bond that joins a
carbohydrate molecule to another group, which may or may not be another carbohydrate.
Glucose - a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a
component of many carbohydrates.
St. Peter’s College of Ormoc
Fr. Ismael Cata-ag St., Ormoc City, 6541 Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No. (053)255-4391 Fax: (053) 255-3406
SY 2020-2021 School Theme:
“Embracing Difference: Uniting Benedictine Youth in Christ- Focus on Conversatio and Community”
Sucrose - is common sugar. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides:
glucose and fructose. Sucrose is produced naturally in plants, from which table sugar is refined.
Fructose - or fruit sugar, is a simple ketonic monosaccharide found in many plants, where it is
often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose.
Polymer - a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large
number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics
and resins.
Content Areas Guide Resources
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Video presentation
Explain From the given lesson package lists all the Zoom or Virtual learning
concepts you are having difficulties for (Brightspace)
clarification purposes to be assisted by your
instructor. Conduct also a research if
possible for those concepts that you are
confused.
Listen attentively and understand brief
explanations given by the teacher.
(Synchronous)
Elaborate Students will compose a song, poem, slogan, Instructor
essay, and spoken poetry about the
applications of biochemistry or
carbohydrates. You can choose from any of
the choices stated above. Scoring rubric is
St. Peter’s College of Ormoc
Fr. Ismael Cata-ag St., Ormoc City, 6541 Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No. (053)255-4391 Fax: (053) 255-3406
SY 2020-2021 School Theme:
“Embracing Difference: Uniting Benedictine Youth in Christ- Focus on Conversatio and Community”
given below for your guide.
Evaluate Administer a summative test to evaluate Google docs or paper and
students learning. pencil test
Date: October 2, 2020
(20-30 items)
Criteria Exemplary (7) Proficient (6) Developing(5) Unacceptable (3)
Content The topic is The topic is The topic is No seen content
excellently evident in the merely seen in at all.
evident in the students’ output. the students’
students’ output. output.
Relevance The topic is The topic is The topic is No connection at
strongly connected in the slightly all.
manifested in the students’ output. connected to the
students’ output. students’ output.
Neatness The students’ The students’ The students’ The students’
output is output is clean. output is quite output is
undeniably clean. unpresentable.
clean.
Promptness Submission of Submission of Submission of Submission of
output is on or output is late for output is late for output is late for
before the 1 day. 2 days 1 week.
deadline.
Total: 28/28
St. Peter’s College of Ormoc
Fr. Ismael Cata-ag St., Ormoc City, 6541 Leyte, Philippines
Tel. No. (053)255-4391 Fax: (053) 255-3406
SY 2020-2021 School Theme:
“Embracing Difference: Uniting Benedictine Youth in Christ- Focus on Conversatio and Community”
