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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Unboil an Egg

For Students 9th - 10th
It's so obvious that it's practically proverbial: you can't unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can- sort of. Eleanor Nelsen explains the process by which mechanical energy can undo what thermal energy has done. [4:10]
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Interactive
Other

Center for Game Science: Fold It

For Students 9th - 10th
A game where students put amino acids together to form a protein. Students will also try to predict how that protein will fold. Since the function of a protein depends a lot on the structure, this game can help students understand the...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum and Cell Metabolism

For Students 9th - 10th
The characteristics of the rough endoplasmic reticulum are described and its role in protein synthesis, including creating proteins, folding them, transporting them, and checking them for quality.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Four Levels of Protein Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how protein folding creates distinct, functional proteins by examining each of the four different levels of protein structure. (Requires Java)