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Unit 1: Scientific PrinciplesHextable SchoolScience department
Course Title: BTEC First Diploma in Applied ScienceTutor name:AssignmentTitle:Making better milk for cats
Ref:Learner NameStart Date:Deadline:Unit 1: Scientific Principles
Scenario
Despite their traditional liking for milk, cats are unable to digests large amounts of lactose. Milk can be treated with the lactose enzyme to make a lactose-reducedmilk suitable for cats or humans who are lactose intolerant.Although the production of a special ‘cat milk’ may seem trivial, an estimated 75%of the world’s population are intolerant of lactose in adulthood – so the potentialscale of this problem is very great.Commercially, the milk is treated by injecting enzyme into the carton as UHT milkis packaged, or by using an immobilised enzyme – an enzyme which has beentrapped on an inert material so that it can be used repeatedly.In this assignment you will take the place of a development technologist who isinvestigating a method to manufacture lactose free milk in a continuous process. You will first need to produce a report that outlines the basic principles of howenzymes work.
Assessment Evidence:UnitGrading CriteriaU 1
The grading criteria that this assignment relates to:
P8:
carry out experiments to investigate factors affecting enzymes, and describe themode of action of enzymes related to their structure.
M8:
plan and carry out experiments to investigate the mode of action of enzymes andfactors affecting their action, drawing suitable conclusions.
D8:
plan, carry out and evaluate experiments to investigate the mode of action of enzymes and factors which affect them.
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