Category: General

Amylase Experiment 2.0

Students will use the amylase starch digestion experiment to see enzymes inaction. After they’ve done a run-through of the basic protocol, they’ll add a variableof

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Antigen switching in malaria

In this activity, students will model how the parasitic malaria protist Plasmodiumfalciparum evades the host immune response through a phenomenon called antigenswitching. Specifically, slips of

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DNA structure and replication

Students assemble a DNA molecule, using magnetic pieces representing sugar,phosphate and the nitrogenous bases on magnetic whiteboards. Students thenmodel the process of semi-conservative DNA replication

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Do You Know Bamboo?

Bamboo shares many similarities with wood in their appearance (brown andfibrous) and usage (furniture, flooring etc). Bamboo strips will be studied byfloating and sinking tests

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Exploring Chemical Bonding

Students will engage in an exploration demonstrating the Octet rule and chemical bonding using paper models of elements forming covalent and ionic compounds.

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