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Enzyme Activity Lab

Engage your students with a fun, drag-and-drop virtual lab!

  • Design and conduct an experiment to predict and explore how pH affects enzyme activity
  • Measure enzyme activity using color changes and absorbance
  • Discover how enzymes are vital for essential life processes
  • Practice real lab skills in a safe, virtual environment
  • Receive helpful feedback at every step to support learning

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Duration
±45 minutes
Published
October 31, 2025
Level
High School
Subject
Cell Biology

Learning objectives

Determine how an environmental factor, such as pH,  can change the rate of an enzyme reaction.
Explain how changing the structure of an enzyme can impact its function.
Explain how enzymes catalyze reactions by studying a specific enzyme-substrate pair.

Concepts covered

pH, pH effects on enzyme activity, Enzyme structure and function, Enzyme-catalyzed reactions

Resources

Standards

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. [Assessment Boundary : Assessment does not
include identification of specific cell or tissue types, whole body systems, specific protein structures and functions, or the biochemistry of protein synthesis.]

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