ENZYME LAB

Teacher/Team:

Honors Biology

Grade Level:

9-12

School:

Solon High School

Ohio Graduation Competencies:

·        Relate the chemical basis of life to

     heredity, diversity, species survival,

     adaptations, and extinction (13)

 

Project/Task:

·        Students will investigate the effect of different variables on the action of enzymes.

·        Students will design their own experiment to test these variables.

·        Students will critique the experiments of other groups.

Assessment:

·        Students will post the experimental designs to the web.

·        Students will take a quiz related to experimental design.

Introduce Activity

Learning Strategies:

1.    Research in text and on web.

2.    Hands-on experimentation.

Tools:

Computers, lab equipment and      chemicals