This beautifully designed Google Slides lesson is crafted to introduce students to the intricate world of proteins. The lesson provides a structured approach, allowing students to construct their own understanding of protein structure and function in a dynamic digital environment.
Students embark on an exploration of protein representations, uncovering the foundational role of amino acids as the building blocks. They also discern the four levels of complexity inherent to proteins, visualizing them as intricate bundles of coils and loops.
Next, students delve into a concise yet informative article, unveiling critical insights into proteins as enzymes or structural components. They also explore the natural habitats of proteins and their diverse functions, all while gaining a deeper understanding of hydrolysis and dehydration synthesis processes related to proteins.
The lesson culminates in an engaging hands-on activity. Students categorize images of objects and molecules, making informed determinations on whether they exemplify proteins, a different type of organic molecule, or an inorganic molecule.
This comprehensive lesson empowers students to grasp the complexities of protein structure and function, ensuring a solid foundation in this vital area of biology.
Elevate your science curriculum with the Protein Structure and Function Google Slides Lesson. Order now and equip your students with the knowledge and critical thinking skills needed to excel in the study of proteins.
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HS-LS1-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins, which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.
Connection: Students connect DNA instructions to protein synthesis and analyze how structure determines function.
HS-LS1-6: Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen from smaller molecules combine to form larger biomolecules.
Connection: Students explore how amino acids bond through dehydration synthesis to form polypeptides.
HS-LS1-7: Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration involves chemical bond rearrangements that release energy.
Connection: Students examine how enzymes (proteins) regulate chemical reactions, including those in energy transfer.
Science & Engineering Practices:
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Engaging in argument from evidence
Crosscutting Concepts:
Structure and function
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy.
Connection: Students model protein synthesis and breakdown via dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis.
MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after they interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Connection: Students explore how amino acids chemically combine and break apart in reactions.
Grades 9–10 / 7–8:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.2 / RST.6-8.2: Determine central ideas or conclusions of a scientific text; summarize key processes (protein formation and enzyme function).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4 / RST.6-8.4: Determine the meaning of scientific terms (amino acid, peptide bond, denaturation, enzyme).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7 / RST.6-8.7: Integrate technical information from diagrams (protein folding, synthesis reactions) with written explanations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2 / WHST.6-8.2: Write explanatory texts to describe scientific processes (how proteins are built, folded, and function).
This beautifully designed Google Slides lesson is crafted to introduce students to the intricate world of proteins. The lesson provides a structured approach, allowing students to construct their own understanding of protein structure and function in a dynamic digital environment.
Students embark on an exploration of protein representations, uncovering the foundational role of amino acids as the building blocks. They also discern the four levels of complexity inherent to proteins, visualizing them as intricate bundles of coils and loops.
Next, students delve into a concise yet informative article, unveiling critical insights into proteins as enzymes or structural components. They also explore the natural habitats of proteins and their diverse functions, all while gaining a deeper understanding of hydrolysis and dehydration synthesis processes related to proteins.
The lesson culminates in an engaging hands-on activity. Students categorize images of objects and molecules, making informed determinations on whether they exemplify proteins, a different type of organic molecule, or an inorganic molecule.
This comprehensive lesson empowers students to grasp the complexities of protein structure and function, ensuring a solid foundation in this vital area of biology.
Elevate your science curriculum with the Protein Structure and Function Google Slides Lesson. Order now and equip your students with the knowledge and critical thinking skills needed to excel in the study of proteins.
Daily slide + literacy - based exit ticket included with purchase
HS-LS1-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins, which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.
Connection: Students connect DNA instructions to protein synthesis and analyze how structure determines function.
HS-LS1-6: Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen from smaller molecules combine to form larger biomolecules.
Connection: Students explore how amino acids bond through dehydration synthesis to form polypeptides.
HS-LS1-7: Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration involves chemical bond rearrangements that release energy.
Connection: Students examine how enzymes (proteins) regulate chemical reactions, including those in energy transfer.
Science & Engineering Practices:
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Engaging in argument from evidence
Crosscutting Concepts:
Structure and function
Systems and system models
Energy and matter
MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy.
Connection: Students model protein synthesis and breakdown via dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis.
MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after they interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Connection: Students explore how amino acids chemically combine and break apart in reactions.
Grades 9–10 / 7–8:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.2 / RST.6-8.2: Determine central ideas or conclusions of a scientific text; summarize key processes (protein formation and enzyme function).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4 / RST.6-8.4: Determine the meaning of scientific terms (amino acid, peptide bond, denaturation, enzyme).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7 / RST.6-8.7: Integrate technical information from diagrams (protein folding, synthesis reactions) with written explanations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2 / WHST.6-8.2: Write explanatory texts to describe scientific processes (how proteins are built, folded, and function).
