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How Enzymes Work: Investigating Their Specificity and Susceptibility to Environmental Factors Using Jell-O
This activity is a lab investigation in which students design and conduct experiments using pineapple juice containing the enzyme bromelain and its affect on the substrate gelatin found in Jell-O. The focus of student driven investigations are on enzyme specificity, activity and the impact of environmental factors on enzyme functioning. Based on the original activities from School Improvement in Maryland; "Pineapple/Jell-O Lab," Access...
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- Material Type:
- Assessment Tool
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- July 27, 2016
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- May 15, 2020
- Author:
- Heather Netland, Jefferson High School, Alexandria, MN
- Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- High School, College General Ed
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- Website
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- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
