Macromolecules Worksheets

About this resource

Teaching carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids and want pages students can actually work on? This is a complete unit for grades 6-8 on the four groups of macromolecules: what each is made of, its building block, its jobs and examples. It starts with two short readings and four group cards, then moves from matching and labeling chains of monomers to a fill-in chart, explain-it boxes and four cut-and-paste sorts, including a food sort. Every student page has a "My name" line, one short instruction and real room to write. Answer keys cover every item, and a tracker, class grid, team note and family page are included.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (42 sheets)

• 26 student sheets in 15 kinds of sheet, each with a name line and one short instruction
• 118 scored items on 17 sheets, every key built from the same lists that draw the page
• 2 readings with 3 multiple-choice questions each and a main-idea box
• 4 group cards on 2 sheets (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids), each with a chain drawing, elements, building block, jobs and examples
• 1 vocabulary match: 6 words (macromolecule, monomer, polymer, molecule, element, enzyme)
• 1 worked example (which group?) with a guided copy to fill in
• 2 matching sheets: match 8 building blocks and chains to their meanings, then name the group from 8 "I am" clues
• 2 labeling sheets: label 9 parts on three zoom panels (units joining into a chain, a protein, one nucleotide), then 8 labels on four diagrams (every diagram is drawn in the file)
• 1 fill-in chart: building block, example and job for each of the 4 groups (12 items)
• 2 true-or-false sheets (12 sentences), each with a fix-it box
• 2 short-answer sheets: 6 questions with 5 ruled lines each
• 2 explain-it sheets: 6 prompts, each with a five-line box and a sentence starter
• 1 Find the Mistake sheet (4 sentences from an invented student)
• 2 quizzes (12 items); 1 exit-ticket sheet (3 tickets); 1 self check (8 statements)
• 33 cut-and-paste pieces on 4 sort mats (8 jobs, 8 examples and 8 building blocks into the four groups; 9 foods into three groups)
• 5 answer key sheets; 1 tracker, 1 class grid, 1 team note, 1 family page
• 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (17 starters in 6 groups)
• Start Here and a how-to-read-a-page sheet

Built For The Student Holding The Page

A "My name" line, one short instruction with a small picture cue, and a plain double-rule border. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult: the keys and records are on separate teacher sheets. Writing boxes hold three or more ruled lines, and the explanation boxes hold five. The diagrams show the chains instead of describing them. The file prints clean in black and white.

The Food Sort

Foods are mixtures, so the food sort uses the word "mostly": each food (bread, olive oil, egg white, rice, chicken, butter, beans, fish, pasta) goes in the box for the group it has the most of after the water. It is a science sort, not nutrition advice, and the file makes no diet or health claim.

Invented Examples

The students in the filled example and the mistake sheet are made up and say so. The short-answer and explain-it sheets have no single right sentence: the key says what to look for.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, every check box and every ruled work box are type-in fields in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. You can also print any page. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A macromolecules practice set with the record-keeping around it. It is not a lab, a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file, and it does not claim to match any one state's standards: there is a line on the tracker for your own.

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