Authors of original unit: Steve Moore

Partner Projects: Biology Student Workbench

Grade Level: High school chemistry teachers

Subject Areas: DNA, proteins, biology workbench, GK-12, evolution

The goals of this unit are two-fold. The first goal is to expose students to the work of a real researcher in molecular biology. The second goal is to have students use one of the tools of research (the Biology Workbench) to involve students directly in the research process.

Intended for high school chemistry teachers, who wish to use computational tools in the classroom. Also suitable for introductory college chemistry. It could also be used directly by students for self-study.

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Introduction: Background information

Part 1: Opening An Account, Starting a new Session and Importing Sequences from Protein Databases

Part 2: Looking at different G proteins receptors and finding their highly conserved areas