Glucose
molecules were illustrated for small children using yellow beads.
By connecting two or more of these beads
they made models of maltose and of starch. THESE MODELS ARE STILL
CORRECT.
Here you will learn MORE about sugar molecules:
In the next photo you can see the models
of two glucose molecules made of black, white and red beads.
Glucose
consists of ring shaped molecules with 6 C atoms, 12 H atoms and 6 O atoms.
Photo:
Models of 2 glucose ring molecules.
Maltose
is synthesized by fusing two glucose molecules (Photo: Glucose 1 +2) resulting
in a double molecule.