In this lesson, students will learn how a mass spectrometer can be used to idenify the types of protein in a biological sample, learn how proteins are analyzed from a dinosaur fossil, and be able to analyze protein mass spectra and to compare two mass spectra in order to identify an unknown protein fragment.

Subject: 
Biology
Engineering
Grade Level Range: 
Elementary (4-5)
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)