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Interactive
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: How Enzymes Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how enzymes work with this page that includes animations and explanations. Learn that all enzymes are proteins and have specific catalytic actions.
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Activity
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: The Action of Amylase on Starch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An experiment designed to show students how enzymes work. This experiment specifically investigates how amylase acts upon starch.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Active Site: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows that an active site is the space on an enzyme where a substrate would attach. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Active Site."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Activation Energy: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how activation energy is needed to start a chemical reaction. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Activation Energy."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Activation Energy: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how activation energy is needed to start a chemical reaction. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Activation Energy."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Activation Energy: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how activation energy is needed to start a chemical reaction. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Activation Energy."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Activation Energy: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how activation energy is needed to start a chemical reaction. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Activation Energy."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Catalyst: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe that a catalyst is something which can speed up a reaction by lowering activation energy. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Catalyst."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Catalyst: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe that a catalyst is something which can speed up a reaction by lowering activation energy. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Catalyst."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Catalyst: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe that a catalyst is something which can speed up a reaction by lowering activation energy. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Catalyst."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the two types of inhibition found in enzyme interactions: Competitive Inhibition and Noncompetitive Inhibition. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the two types of inhibition found in enzyme interactions: Competitive Inhibition and Noncompetitive Inhibition. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the two types of inhibition found in enzyme interactions: Competitive Inhibition and Noncompetitive Inhibition. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Enzyme Structure: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe that enzymes are made of proteins, and can be found in nature or can be synthesized synthetically. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Enzyme Structure."
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Handout
Other

Cytochemistry: Lysosomes and Peroxisomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells what lysosomes are and what their functions are. Also, the site discusses how the Golgi complex sorts lysosomal enzymes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Rates of Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 4 of a 4 part series to include the nature of chemical reactions, reaction types, and balancing chemical equations.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Biochemistry: Enzymes

For Students 5th - 9th
This tutorial takes a brief look at enzyme activity and how enzymes work as catalysts.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Enzymes

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore information about enzymes in the science of biology including what they do, how they work, and things that affect enzyme activity.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Are Enzymes and How Do They Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what enzymes are, the three broad categories, their working mechanism and two theories developed to explain this, and factors that impact enzyme activity.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Function of Rennin Enzyme

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains sources of rennin and what its functions and uses are.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Rennin (Enzyme)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how rennin is produced and why it is important in the human body. Describes some other uses of rennin and how it is sometimes confused with a different enzyme named renin.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Enzyme Substrate Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the properties of enzymes and the concept of enzyme-substrate specificity, and how a substrate molecule binds to an enzyme to form an enzyme-substrate complex. An overview of enzyme-substrate reactions is also presented.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Important Factors That Influence Enzyme Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by enzyme activity and the factors that impact on their ability to function. Looks at temperature, pH value, substrate concentration, enzyme concentration, the presence of inhibitors, and allosteric factors that...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Effect of P H on Enzymes

For Students 9th - 10th
Every enzyme has an optimal pH value at which it functions best. This article explains why pH has an effect on enzyme activity and how it affects them.