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Milk the resource for all it's worth. Young biologists perform assay techniques to test the digestion of protein. They place bacterial samples, fungal samples, trypsin solution, and distilled water on a milk-agar plate to see the effects of enzyme activity.
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- Have pupils research enzymes in industrial uses as a journal entry
Classroom Considerations
- Milk-agar should be prepared before the main activity
- Bacterial and fungal samples are necessary for the experiment; see specifics in resource
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- Includes a student activity sheet
- Provides teaching notes for the experiment
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