ALEX Learning Activity

Enzyme Research Lab

A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.

  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Kimberly Simms
System:Lowndes County
School:Calhoun High School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2305
Title:
Enzyme Research Lab
Digital Tool/Resource:
Enzyme Research Lab Google Slides
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

Students will research the role of enzymes and how their deficiencies can affect living things.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Literacy Standards (6-12)
LIT2010 (2010)
Grade: 9-10
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
1 ) Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 9-12
Biology
1 ) Use models to compare and contrast how the structural characteristics of carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids define their function in organisms.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.B.HS.2- Recognize organelles (e.g., mitochondria, ribosomes, chloroplasts) and their functions within plant and animal cells.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 9-12
R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.

Learning Objectives:

Students will:

  1. compare and contrast how the structural characteristic of proteins define their function in organisms.

  2. locate information from digital sources regarding enzymes and their importance to living things.

  3. cite text evidence by origin of the information. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

Teacher will:

  1. Put students into groups.

  2. Allow students access to the Internet, computers, iPads, Tablets, or Smartphones.

  3. Project the research lab presentation on the board.

The student will:

  1.  Get in the groups that the teacher has selected.

  2.  Utilize the Internet in an appropriate manner to research specific topics.

  3. Provide credit to the source of information that they have obtained by citing textual evidence.
Assessment Strategies:

Students will be assessed on their research skills by the following rubric. The teacher will review each student's research to determine if the student accurately compared and contrasted how the structural characteristic of proteins define their function in organisms.
Advanced Preparation:

Teachers should have already taught information about proteins, enzymes, and their purpose.
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

This could also be done as an outside the classroom activity.
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: enzymes, pH, proteins, temperature