COOL LABS: Amazing Enzymes

Have you ever wondered how your body gets the energy it needs from the foods you eat? What is an enzyme? How do enzymes work? Where in our bodies do enzymes work to break down food? Your 3rd- or 4th-grader will be amazed to see enzymes working in real time in this investigative lab!

Students will learn:

1. The human digestive system pathway
2. Where enzymes do their work
3. How liver enzymes break down hydrogen peroxide
4. How enzymes breakdown fats