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Book Chapter | May 2014
The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about the function of enzymes to determine ”How Do Changes in Temperature and pH Levels Affect Enzyme Activity?” The lab also gives students an opportunity…
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Book Chapter | March 2009
Enzymes are specified proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in biological systems without being permanently changed or used up. This unit was developed to help students gain a more functional, intuitive…
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Enzyme Action Learning Sequence
Book Chapter | March 2017
This high school physical science lesson has the following learning goals for students: recognize that diastase is an enzyme that facilitates the breakdown of starch into sugar; design a procedure for evaluating whether…
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know All About Detergent Enzymes
Book Chapter | January 2005
This enzyme unit demonstrates how students can learn using inquiry and questioning techniques. By providing students the opportunity to share ideas, evaluate problem statements, develop hypotheses, design experiments,…
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Journal Article | September 2008
In this article, the authors describe a two-phase inquiry lesson in which students explore the catalytic activity of amylase on starch (Rungruangsa and Panijpan 1979). In the first phase, students’ prior knowledge about…
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Journal Article | October 2007
Many students view biology and chemistry as two unrelated, separate sciences; how these courses are generally taught in high schools may do little to change that impression. The study of enzymes provide a great…
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Idea Bank: The Nuts and Bolts of Enzymes
Journal Article | July 2012
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes an enzyme modeling activity that helped students identify the functions of enzymes using nuts and…
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A Novel Technology to Investigate Students' Understandings of Enzyme Representations
Journal Article | September 2012
This article describes how digital pen-and-paper technology was used to improve data collection in research regarding students' learning, specifically their understanding of enzyme-substrate interactions as depicted in…
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Journal Article | November 2004
This exercise provides a simple method to visually demonstrate the third step in the calcium/calmodulin signal transduction pathway, that is, the activation of a target protein phosphodiesterase without the use of…
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Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Testimonials
Page | March 2020
Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Testimonials LaConner High School – Todd Hinderman On behalf of LaConner High School and myself, we are truly grateful for the grant award money through the Shell Lab Science Challenge Regional competition. This award has allowed me to upgrade and purchase some very necessary and…
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Teacher Demonstration—Student Exploration
Journal Article | May 2022
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Journal Article | April 2022
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Observing a Turn-of-the-Last-Century Classroom Community
Journal Article | March 2023
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Online Connections: The Science Teacher
Page | January 2020
Online Connections: The Science Teacher November/December 2020 The Aurora Borealis Student Worksheet Solar wind velocity data and answer key Solar storm answer key Connecting to the Next Generation Science Standards The Lives of Staph (Idea Bank) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C…
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Teacher Spotlight: Roger Blevins
Journal Article | April 2021
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