Southwestern Medical Center
A Classroom Demonstration of Protein Folding
Does the mention of proteins and polypeptide relationships in your classroom result in mass confusion? Does the attempt to teach this important concept generate multiple questions and, at times, lead to a room filled with blank stares?...
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Observation Milk Fat Lesson
Turn your class loose to experiment with the different fat content in skim milk, whole milk, half and half, and heavy cream. This is a visually vibrant experiment, as learners drip food coloring on the surface of the products and measure...
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Modeling Protein Structure
Students examine amino acids and discuss the properties of side chains. For this proteins lesson students demonstrate the foldings of peptides.
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Magic Sand-Hydrophopia and Molecules
Pupils study different kinds of sand, and practice their observational and writing skills.