Design properties
- Name
- Enzymes
- Topic
- Biochemistry
- Learning time
- 20 hours
- Designed time
- 20 hours
- Size of class
- 20
- Description
- The module combines CLIL methodology and IBSE teaching. It focuses on Enzymes, and consists of two parts, one dedicated to theory and one to a laboratory experiment on the influence of temperature and pH on Enzymes activity.
- Aims
- 1. To understand the role played by enzymes in biochemical reactions; 2. to encourage attitude of scientific inquiry and team work; 3. to increase digital skills. This teaching unit focuses on the study of the properties of enzymes in order to investigate the relationship between enviromental parameters (pH, T) and enzyme activity.
- Outcomes
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- Define to give a definition of enzymes and their key aspects
- Explain to describe the way enzymes function at molecular level, using appropriate language;
- Illustrate to describe the interaction between enzymes and specific environmental factors in the human body;
- Construct to produce a visual representation of the learnt content in the form of a concept map;
- Question to formulate questions
- Hypothesise to construct a hypothesis
- Show awareness of to be aware of one's own choices
- Find to find the relationship between the enzyme activity and the PH trend
- Find to find the relationship between the enzyme activity and the PH trend
- Explain to explain the effects of temperature and pH on catalase enzyme activity.
- Editor
- entropia61
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Timeline
The Orientation phase helps the students find their "way into" the topic, activating previous knowledge or refreshing basic principles and information.
180 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen60Warm-up: students watch the ”Enzyme Function and Inhibition” video with subtitles to activate prior knowledge.
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Collaborate90The 5 tasks on Worksheet 1 help students identify the main ideas contained in different parts of the video, acquiring and summarizing some core concepts.
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Produce30Students will have to use a Concept mapper tool to create an exhaustive mind map using studied keywords.
Notes:
https://youtu.be/c5j6ExHLFD8
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Conceptualisation is a process of understanding a concept belonging to the stated problem. This activity is divided in two sub-phases:
1. Research question formulation
2. Hypothesis generation
240 minutes)
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Discuss60Warm-up: Students discuss their concept maps (homework in activity 1 and repeat key words to each other.
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Collaborate60Worksheet 2 (Environmental factors affecting enzymes activity) helps students to relate the effect of temperature and pH changes to enzymes activity showing two different diagrams.
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Produce45A question scratchpad (linked to Key info 1) concludes this first part; it helps students to formulate research questions and to decide what they want to know by doing experiment.
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Practice45Using a reading activity that illustrates the previous diagrams students are able to formulate hypothesis about the effect of temperature and pH changes on enzymes activity.
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Produce30An hypothesis scratchpad (linked to Key info 2) helps students to give predictions by guessing the answer to their questions, based on the knowledge they have collected in the previous phase.
Notes:
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Investigation.
420 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen60Students watch a video about the effects of temperature and pH on catalase action.
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Investigate240They reproduce the experiments in the lab and work on the "Experiment design tool".
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Practice60They then complete the "Observation tool" where, guided by the teacher, they report what learnt.
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Investigate60Finally, they work on the "Data viewer": students use charts and diagrams to report the effect of temperature and pH on enzyme's activity.
Notes:
https://youtu.be/KvQyM6plOgk
https://youtu.be/_DZtsp3-7IU
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In this phase (Conclusion) students have to summerize what they have learnt in the previous activities. Answering questions they can confirm or disconfirm their hypothesis
180 minutes)
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Discuss90The open answers final test (Quiz) requires that students summarize what they have learnt through this unit, in which data will confirm or disconfirm their hypothesis.
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Produce90The students interpret their results by completing the fnal test
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Discussion. Students share their inquiry process and results using two skills: Comunication and Reflection.
180 minutes)
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Discuss60Students will explain the information obtained from their lab experience about catalase enzyme activity
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Produce120the students present their experimental findings to the class
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