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Starch is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. It is a white, odorless, tasteless powder that is insoluble in cold water and alcohol. Starch is a vital energy reserve in plants, stored primarily in seeds, tubers, and roots, with common sources including corn, potatoes, rice, and wheat. In the food industry, starch is used as a thickener, stabilizer, and gelling agent in products like soups, sauces, puddings, and baked goods.
R70.80 – R210.20
Starch is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. It is a white, odorless, tasteless powder that is insoluble in cold water and alcohol. Starch is a vital energy reserve in plants, stored primarily in seeds, tubers, and roots, with common sources including corn, potatoes, rice, and wheat. In the food industry, starch is used as a thickener, stabilizer, and gelling agent in products like soups, sauces, puddings, and baked goods.
Beyond its culinary uses, starch has applications in the paper industry, where it improves paper strength and texture, and in textiles, where it serves as a sizing agent to stiffen fabrics. Starch is also used in the production of biodegradable plastics, adhesives, and pharmaceuticals. In the human diet, starch is a major source of energy, broken down into glucose by digestive enzymes. Due to its widespread availability and versatility, starch is an essential component in various industrial and domestic applications.
For many learners high school is not enough to prepare them for what they are to face at first year university. They find themselves completely overwhelmed and intimidated by what is expected of them to be able to do in a laboratory.
Unfortunately many learners who want to pursue science subjects go through this dilemma, few as they are because fact is SA is not producing enough learners who will become engineers, doctors, science researchers, let alone science innovators.
To address this, we developed a chemistry kits with 52 experiments for use by learners at home. This gives them an opportunity to gain hand-on exposure and engagement, confidence and understanding they need to study sciences further.
The kit comes with a manual explaining how science is experienced in daily life and therefore brings awareness of the application and usefulness of science, helping the learner relate to what they learn at school.
Some schools do have kits where only the teacher demonstrates the experiments and this is great, but you don’t master driving by watching the driving instructor, you must get in the driver’s seat yourself.
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