• Have the students meet in a computer lab where each pair of students (or each student) has a computer. It is probably good if students work in pairs.

• Hand out the questions on paper. Tell the students which question numbers you want them to try to answer, and how much time they have. Having students work in pairs is probably good. You may wish to tell them to skip questions they get stuck on. Explain that they are to use the interactive molecular graphics to help answer the questions.

• After the announced time, hand out the answers, and have each pair grade another pair's answers. Encourage discussion between the groups.

Answers to the Questions are available to teaching faculty who inquire with an email to emartz@microbio.umass.edu providing evidence of their faculty positions, such as by reference to a school or college website listing faculty.

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