Q1BenchmarkCatalysts

G10BioChem

Asyouknowfromourworkinclass,thereare2typesofcatalystsbiologicalandchemical.We
haveperformedaseriesoflabs,sothatwecancompareandcontrastthe2types.Youwill
produceaeducationalvideoonatopicrelatedtoenzymesand/orcatalyststhatwillbeshownin
class.

LabSequence:

Lab1
(lactose/lactaselab)familiarizedyouwithenzymes(biologicalcatalysts)andhowwecan
measureenzymeactivity.
In
Lab2
,youdesignedandperformedanexperimentthatexpandedonyourworkinlab1.

Lab3
(decompositionofhydrogenperoxide)familiarizedyouwithchemicalcatalystsandhow
wecanmeasureacatalyzedreaction.
In
Lab4
,youwilldesignandperformanewexperimentbasedonchemicalcatalysts.

Onceyouvecompletedtheabovelabs,yourgroupwillproduceavideoaccompaniedbya
scriptandstoryboard.Detailsareasfollows:

1.Video:
Eachtablewillbecomeanexpertonatopicfromoneofthelabs.Belowarethetopicsassigned
toeachtable/group.
25minuteslong
Everyoneinyourgroupshouldbeseenand/orheard
Videoshouldbewelledited,polishedandprofessionallooking
Yourvideoshouldbeengaging.Includevideo,pictures,narration,etc.
Youshouldhaveoneeditor,scriptwriter,storyboarder,anddirector.Eachoftheseroleswill
workwitheachothertoproducethefinalvideo.
Yourvideoshouldendwithasummary.Seebelowformoredetails.

Group

VideoDescription

1.lactose/lactaselab

summaryofsciencebehindthelab
whatresultswereexpected?why?
whatweretheclassresults?
whatweresomecommonerrors?

2.chemicalcatalystlab

summaryofsciencebehindthelab
whatresultswereexpected?why?
whatweretheclassresults?
whatweresomecommonerrors?

3.factorsthataffectenzyme
activity

whataresomefactorsthataffectenzymeactivity?
whatphysicaleffectsdononoptimalconditions
haveonenzymeactivity?Inotherwords,howare
enzymesphysicallyaffectedbytheseconditions?
provideimages/animations/graphsshowinghow
enzymeactivitycanchangeindifferentconditions

4.chemicalcatalystoverview

howdocatalystsaffectreactionrate?
usethereactionfromlab3asanexample
besuretodiscussactivationenergy,andhowit
relatestocatalysts

5.experimentaldesign:controls

howdocontrolsworkinanexperiment?Whydowe
usethem?
whatcontrolswereusedinourenzymeand
catalystexperiments?
checkwithothergroupsandprovideexamplesof
controlsfromtheclass

6.experimentaldesign:variables

whatisanindependentvariableinanexperiment?
whatisadependentvariableinanexperiment?
whatIVsandDVswereusedinourenzymeand
catalystexperiments?
checkwithothergroupsandprovideexamplesof
IVsfromtheclass,andtheireffectsonDVs.

7.enzymesintherealworld

provideuswithexamplesofatleast3enzymeswe
havenotdiscussedinclass
foreachone,giveasummarythatincludesits
substrate,products,andoptimalconditions.

8.chemcatalystsintherealworld

provideuswithexamplesofatleast3chemical
catalystswehavenotdiscussedinclass
foreachone,giveasummarythatincludesits
substrate,products,andoptimalconditions.

2.Script:
Onyoursharedgoogledoc,writeascriptforthevideo.Thisscriptshouldincludeanythingthat
issaidbyanarratororapersononthescreen.Besurethescriptcoversallthevideo
requirements.Workwiththeeditorandstoryboardertomakesurealltherequiredscienceis
mentionedandcorrect.

3.Storyboard:
Workwiththeeditorandthescriptwritertocreateastoryboardforthisvideo.Sketcheach

sceneofthevideoonthestoryboardtemplatesprovided.Also,notethemainpointsthatare
deliveredvianarrationoronscreentalking.

4.Summary:
Yourvideoshouldendwitha23sentenceorbulletpointsummaryofthemostimportant
thing(s)toknowaboutyourtopic.Makesureyoursummaryisconciseandcorrect!Everyonein
theroomwillbecopyingthissummarydown,andwillberelyingonyourgrouptodoagoodjob
here.

Rubric
Exceedsexpectations:1920
Meetsexpectations:1618
Approachesexpectations:1315
Doesnotmeetexpectations:012

MeetsExpectations

Score

Design

StoryBoardhighlightsmainpointsnarratedinvideo
Scriptlistsallnarratedpartsofthevideo
Summaryisconcise,correctandaccuratelysummarizesthetopic.

Applications

Videousespictures,graphicsand/orvideotohelpexplaintheconcept
Videoexplainsthesciencebehindtheconceptsinawaythatis
understandable

Knowledge

Allscienceinvideo,StoryBoard,handout,andscript,isaccurate
Videoaddressesallguidelinesprovidedinthestudentguideforyour
groupstopic

Presentation

Storyboard,handoutandscriptareneatwithlittletonogrammatical
errors
Audioinvideocanbeheardclearly
Videoisprofessionalandengaging

Process

Allcomponentsarecompletedontime
Videois25minuteslong
Groupcollaborateswellincompletingtheproject
Allstudentsingroupareseen/heardinvideo