Teaching Guide: Exploring the Effect of pH on Enzyme Activity
This teaching guide helps educators to integrate the Exploring the Effect of pH on Enzyme Activity simulation into an advanced high school biology lesson. Students will develop skills in experimental design and data analysis by virtually measuring enzyme reactions quantitatively using a microplate reader, observing color changes, and uncovering how enzymes function.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- enzyme
- enzyme activity
- turnip peroxidase
- environment
- substrate
- hydrogen peroxide
- pH
- tertiary structure
- substrate specific
- microplate
- microplate reader
- 96 well plate
- reaction diagram
- denature
- enzyme function
- chemical reaction
- reaction rate
- laboratory
- protein structure
- data analysis
- lesson plan
- teaching guide
- educator resource