Amino Acid Starter Kit©

Amino Acid Starter Kit©

$79.00
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Your students will be so engaged, they won’t even notice how complex their learning is. Working collaboratively, groups of students explore the chemical properties of amino acids to guide them as they fold their own protein. As they begin to realize that DNA is a code for amino acid sequences that ultimately determine protein structure, their confidence soars! Students will: Examine patterns within and between side chains of amino acids Use indicators like the colored clip at the base of each side chain indicating chemical properties and embedded colored sphere showing  atomic structure Organize the side chains based on chemical properties they uncover in their investigation Group the side chains into one of 5 categories: hydrophobic (nonpolar), hydrophilic (polar), negatively charged, positively charged, and cysteines, which sometimes form disulfide bonds Explore the primary and tertiary structure of proteins by constructing a 15-amino acid protein Examine the secondary structure of

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