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Worksheet
Curated OER

Biology Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to respiration. There are 12 biology terms located in the word search.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Okay to Exhale: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students will observe the differences between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Then they observe the links due to climate changes and relate how climate change affects their lives.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Electron Transport Chain

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustration from Biology by Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine describes the steps of the electron transport chain, the second stage in the process of cellular respiration.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain: Cellular Metabolism & Fermentation

For Students 9th - 10th
This online biology book offers a comprehensive overview of cellular metabolism and fermentation. Content includes a look at glycolysis, anaerobic pathways, and aerobic respiration.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

On Line Biology Book: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive delve into the many facets of photosynthesis. Text is supplemented with effective pictures and graphs. Review questions can be found at the end of the site.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fermentation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial presents an overview of fermentation explaining its benefits. Students will be able to distinguish lactic acid fermentation from alcoholic fermentation and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Glycolysis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The steps and products of glycolysis are examined in this activity. Students will learn how and where the initial reactions of glycolysis occurs.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Krebs Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] After studying the Krebs Citric Acid Cycle, students will be able to identify what happens to the product of glycolysis and explain the steps and results of the cycle.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electron Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discover how a mitochondrial electron transport chain works. This tutorial helps students identify the products of the Krebs cycle, describe a chemiosmotic gradient,...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: First Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out how the theoretical idea of the evolution of the very first cell. Students will examine photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following learning module students will begin tol define respiration, and explain how it differs from cellular respiration.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Energy Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive learning exercises, students examine the different definitions of energy and how enzymes regulate how the energy is stored and used during cellular respiration. They also take a close look at photosynthesis to learn...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Breathing Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a simple pH indicator to measure how much CO2 is produced during respiration, at rest and after exercising. They begin by comparing some common household solutions in order to determine the color change of the indicator....
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students look at the components of cells and their functions and discover the controversy behind stem cell research. The first lesson focuses on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In the second lesson,...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lessons and their associated activities explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. Yeast cells are readily obtained and behave predictably, so they are very appropriate to use in middle school classrooms. In the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Bioremediation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the basics of cellular respiration. They also learn about the application of cellular respiration to engineering and bioremediation. And, they are introduced to the process of bioremediation and examples of how...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Do Bread and Beer Have in Common?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are presented with information that will allow them to recognize that yeasts are unicellular organisms that are useful to humans. In fact, their usefulness is derived from the contrast between the way yeast cells and human cells...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Population Growth in Yeasts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is the second of two that explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. In the first lesson, students set up a simple way to indirectly observe and quantify the amount of respiration occurring in...
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Unit Plan
Savvas Learning

Pearson's the Biology Place: Cell Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent interactive website about cellular respiration provides an overview then goes into the details that can be so difficult to understand. The practice, review, and quiz pages should help solidify understanding.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative text is clearly written and supported by good illustrations and charts as well. A quiz is also provided at the bottom of the site.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Intro to Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the conversion of light energy to chemical energy through the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. Explores the reactions of photosynthesis, where they take place, and their ecological importance.
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Cellular Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
Web-based activity provides an opportunity for students to study cellular respiration in an up-close and personal way. By following atoms and molecules through an interactive animation, they will be able to see the changes that take...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Where Do You Get Your Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium, students will explore how our cells harvest energy from food.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you've ever needed to know about muscles. To be used as classroom notes or a supplement for learning.