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Metabolism & Enzymes
More extensive than just a general overview of digestion and reactions, this slide show gives information about all areas of enzyme function. Topics like the chemistry behind efficiency of enzymes, factors that affect speed of reaction,...
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students use the LeChatelier's principle to predict concentrations. Students determine if products or reactants are favored at equilibrium for given equilibrium constants. This learning...
Science 4 Inquiry
Enzymes in Action
Enzymes play a role in almost every function in the human body. Scholars explore three variables related to the use of enzymes. They observe a catalase reaction, experiment with substrates, and examine reactions rates.
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The Speed of Chemistry
In this rates of chemical reactions worksheet, high schoolers read about the various factors that influence the rate of chemical reactions such as surface area, concentration, temperature and catalysts. Students answer eight questions...
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Bhopal - Runaway Reaction
Students research and study the disaster of Bhopal to grasp the essential concept of controlling chemical reactions. They explain how the Bhopal disaster might have been prevented based upon their knowledge of factors affecting the rate...
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Identifying Reaction Types
In this reactions worksheet, students are given nine chemical reactions to identify as single replacement, double replacement, synthesis or decomposition reactions.
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Everything about Equations
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students are given fifteen unbalanced equations and they must identify the reaction types, the phases of the products, the signs that a chemical change occurred and the sum of the...
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Concentration and Reaction Rates
Students investigate how varying the concentrations, volumes, and other factors affects reaction rates. Students design and conduct investigations to obtain data used to create graphs of an uncatalyzed reaction vs. a catalyzed reaction....
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Stoichiometry in the Real World
Real world chemical reactions are used as examples for teaching stoichiometry. Viewers work through air bag inflation, fat conversion to water in a camel, rocket fuel combustion, and carbon dioxide removal in spacecraft. Make...
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Role of Energy in Reactions
In this energy learning exercise, students determine the enthalpy of exothermic and endothermic reactions. This learning exercise has 1 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions.
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Activity #19 Oxygen For Yeast
Students observe and record what occurs when yeast is added to hydrogen peroxide. They indicate why a chemical reaction (decompostion) must have occurred during the experiement. Pupils explain why yeast was used. Students comprehend the...
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Chemical Energy
In this science worksheet, students read about enzymes and nutrition. Students also answer 2 comprehension questions about the reading.
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PhysioEx: Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion
In this anatomy worksheet, students complete 22 review questions in the format of short answer, table completion, and fill in the blank after finishing an online virtual experiment about the chemical and physical processes of digestion.
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Qualitative Kinetics: Examining the Effect of an Enzyme on a Reaction
Scholars learn about kinetics and buffers as they use qualitative and quantitative methods to understand enzyme rates and buffer capacity. The application of Beer's Law and spectrophotometry solidifies pupils' knowledge in the first of...
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Enzymes in Action
Students explore how enzymes are important in the chemical reactions of all living things. In this enzymes and catalysts lesson students complete an activity to see how enzymes change living things.
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Le Chatelier's Principle
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students apply Le Chatelier's Principle to explain how the given changes in reaction conditions will affect the position of equilibrium. This worksheet has 6 problems to solve.
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Le Chatelier's Principle
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students apply the Le Chatelier's principle to determine the equilibrium shift in the reaction based on specific changes to the system. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions and 2 problems to...
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Le Chatelier's Principle
In this chemical equilibrium worksheet, students review Le Chatelier's Principle and predict the direction of equilibrium shift for different changes to a chemical reactions. Students also review enthalpy and entropy. This worksheet has...
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Enzymes
With the help of this pair of slides, biology learners will be able to define enzymes and explain the optimal conditions for functioning. The first slide, with simple graphics, shows how enzymes function as catalysts for chemical...
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Standard 4-Photosynthesis, Diseases and the Immune System
In this photosynthesis, disease and Immune System worksheet, students fill in the blanks with key terms to complete sentences about the transfer of energy from the sun to plants, enzymes as catalysts in reactions, homeostasis, the immune...
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Chapter 17 Worksheet- Equilibrium
In this equilibrium activity, students answer eleven questions about chemical reactions, equilibrium concentrations and endothermic and exothermic reactions. They write equilibrium expressions for chemical reactions and they explain...
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Exothermic vs. Endothermic
The PowerPoint opens with video footage of the decomposition of nitrogen triiodide and then explains it with diagrams. Graphs of exothermic and endothermic reactions are exhibited, as well as one for the effect of a catalyst on reaction...
Nuffield Foundation
Working with Immobilized Enzymes or Microscopic Organisms
Let the lab be a catalyst to learn about enzymes. Scholars create alginate beads filled with yeast. As part of an investigation into enzymes, they see how these beads provide a catalyst to the reaction of glucose into ethanol.
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Discovering Enzymes
Explore the function of enzymes through a series of lab investigations. Learners use household enzymes such as hydrogen peroxide to model the role of enzymes. The enzymes break down proteins with and without a catalyst.