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Curated OER

Enzymes Help Us Digest Food ~ Introduction to Sugars and Enzymes

For Students 9th - 12th
After an explanatory introduction to sugars and enzyme activity, biochemists discover whether lactase is needed to digest lactose, sucrose, and milk as a whole. High school science lab skills are required for these investigations.
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Virginia Department of Education

The Effects of Heat and Acid on the Enzyme Catalase

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How quickly do enzymatic reactions occur? Assist the class as they examine heat and pH change to determine the rate of chemical reactions using catalase as an enzyme. Watch them "glow" with excitement!
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American Physiological Society

Effects of Environment on Enzymes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Much like the tale of Humpty Dumpty, proteins, once altered, will never be the same again. Honors and pre-AP biology classes explore the delicate world of enzymes via a Webquest and lab experiment. The teacher's guide contains all...
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Nuffield Foundation

Enzyme-Catalysed Synthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Enzymes: not just for breaking chemicals apart. Young biologists perform an experiment on potatoes. They first remove starch from potato extract. They then add the resulting liquid to samples of glucose-1-phosphate, glucose, maltose, and...
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Curated OER

Metabolism and Enzymes

For Students 9th - 12th
Sketch the ATP cycle, label a diagram of the catalytic enzyme cycle, and write short answers to questions about the enzymes involved in human metabolism. This worksheet puts AP biology learners to the test. Assign it as a review homework...
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Science 4 Inquiry

Enzymes in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Enzymes play a role in almost every function in the human body. Scholars explore three variables related to the use of enzymes. They observe a catalase reaction, experiment with substrates, and examine reactions rates. 
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Curated OER

Enzymes at Work

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
The first four questions on this assignment require the use of critical thinking skills to apply the action of enzymes to different situations. Biologists then interpret enzyme activity data in a table and answer questions about it. This...
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PPT
Curated OER

Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
With the help of this pair of slides, biology learners will be able to define enzymes and explain the optimal conditions for functioning. The first slide, with simple graphics, shows how enzymes function as catalysts for chemical...
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K20 LEARN

Speedy Cat: Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Enzymes have a need for speed! What happens when they are forced to slow down? A well-rounded lesson plan from the K20 Center examines enzyme activity through role playing and a lab. Biology scholars work in teams and pairs to understand...
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Nuffield Foundation

Investigating Enzymes Used in Laundry Detergent

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's a win-win situation: learn about enzymes and get clean clothes, too. Young scientists add enzymes to a dilution of laundry detergent. They apply them to stained fabrics to determine the effectiveness of the enzyme-filled detergents.
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Cornell University

Discovering Enzymes

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Explore the function of enzymes through a series of lab investigations. Learners use household enzymes such as hydrogen peroxide to model the role of enzymes. The enzymes break down proteins with and without a catalyst.
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LABScI

Enzymes: The Spit Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
Enzymes in our bodies each have a job to do. Learn the factors that affect the activity of some enzymes using the third activity of an informative 12-part biology series. A three-part laboratory activity asks teams to investigate how...
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Nuffield Foundation

Working with Immobilized Enzymes or Microscopic Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Let the lab be a catalyst to learn about enzymes. Scholars create alginate beads filled with yeast. As part of an investigation into enzymes, they see how these beads provide a catalyst to the reaction of glucose into ethanol.
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Biology Junction

Enzymes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many people know enzymes help with digestion, but few realize enzyme production decreases with age, making it more difficult for bodies to digest certain foods. A learning exercise offers 28 fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions...
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Curated OER

Enzymes and Catalysts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the functioning of the digestive system and the specific enzymes present. They observe the action of amylase on starch to identify characteristics of enzymes then perform an experiment on the effects of temperature on...
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Curated OER

Enzyme and Southern Blotting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study southern blotting and its uses. They research on restriction enzymes and their uses, especially in relation to recombinant DNA. In addition, they write a summary and an interpretation of the gel.
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PPT
Curated OER

Metabolism & Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
More extensive than just a general overview of digestion and reactions, this slide show gives information about all areas of enzyme function.  Topics like the chemistry behind efficiency of enzymes, factors that affect speed of reaction,...
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Teach Engineering

Restriction Enzymes and DNA Fingerprinting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Show your class why restrictions aren't always a bad thing. In the third segment of a four-part series, the instructor develops the idea of restriction enzymes. Pupils learn how scientists use restriction enzymes in DNA analysis and DNA...
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Qualitative Kinetics: Examining the Effect of an Enzyme on a Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars learn about kinetics and buffers as they use qualitative and quantitative methods to understand enzyme rates and buffer capacity. The application of Beer's Law and spectrophotometry solidifies pupils' knowledge in the first of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Enzyme Practice Sheet Key

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this enzyme worksheet, students solve 6 problems including questions about how enzymes work, graphs of the relationship between enzyme and substrate and structures of enzymes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enzyme Labs Using Jello

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students test for the presence of enzymes in fruit and the specificity of those enzymes, as well as to identify and show the susceptibility of enzymes to certain environmental factors (temperature and pH) originating in the enzyme's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enzyme Grabbers

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students perform two experiments to show the properties of enzymes. They use pectinase to produce apple juice from applesauce to show enzyme action and then taste the difference between raw and boiled papaya seeds as evidence of enzyme...
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Curated OER

Determining Cutting Site Locations

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore DNA restriction mapping. They cut pieces of paper into lengths representing those produced when specific enzymes are used to cut a strand of DNA.
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Curated OER

Enzymes in Action

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how enzymes are important in the chemical reactions of all living things.  For this enzymes and catalysts lesson students complete an activity to see how enzymes change living things.

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