Building and Animating Catalase in a High School Classroom @RCSBProteinDataBank

Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

AP Biology students at John H. Pitman High School were tasked with creating animations depicting an active site in catalase and the mechanistic breakdown of two hydrogen peroxide molecules. These animations were created using pipe cleaners, clay, toothpicks, and stop-motion cinematography. The data used to generate these animations were from RCSB Protein Data Bank resources, AlphaFold DB, and various scientific publications.

Read the Education Corner article to find out more and to download the lesson plan for the classroom activity described at
cdn.rcsb.org/rcsb-pdb/general_information/news_publications/newsletters/2024q2/corner.html

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