University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? Check out this site to learn more about this fascinating body system. This resource features slides of the different parts of this system.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Electron Transport
Scroll down in this chapter on aerobic respiration to the section called "Electron Transport Phosphorylation" for a description and explanation of the electron transport system. It includes great diagrams.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Cellular Respiration
Wikipedia offers a nice overall summary of what cellular respiration is. Discusses the two main steps (glycolysis and pyruvate breakdown), and the two processes involved in the breakdown of pyruvate (aerobic and anaerobic respiration)....
Kent State University
Kent State University: Krebs Cycle
This page contains diagrams and formulas for the Krebs cycle. The page has seven different catagories. The page is written by Clarke Earley, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at Kent State University.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Photosynthesis
An in-depth look at the process of plant photosynthesis. Author uses full-color illustrations and diagrams to help readers understand the biology of this life process.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Powering the Cell: Cellular Respiration and Glycolysis
Students will be able top clarify the relationship between breathing and cellular respiration.
Other
Introductory Anatomy: Respiratory System
Here, you will find an introduction to the parts and functions of the respiratory system. In addition to learning about how the respiratory system works to keep you healthy, you will also read about problems that impede the breathing...
Other
University of Cincinnati Clermont: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
A good general review of aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Good graphics and good embedded vocabulary links.
Other
Ms. Vaughn's Biology 1: Unit 4: Cell Energy
The materials on this page were prepared by a high school teacher for a Biology class. This section supports a unit on cell energy and includes course readings, lab notes, PowerPoints and diagrams.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Microbial Fermentations
At this site from Access Excellence you can read about the different kinds of microbial fermentation, their role in biotechnology, and the history of the process and how it is used. Includes links to more detailed information.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Glycolysis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the steps and products of glycolysis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Krebs Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the Krebs cycle.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Knights of the Round and Round Table: The Carbon Cycle
Resource to help learn about the carbon cycle.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Yeast Cells Respire, Too (But Not Like Me and You)
Students set up a simple way to indirectly observe and quantify the amount of respiration occurring in yeast-molasses cultures. Each student adds a small amount of baking yeast to a test tube filled with diluted molasses. A second,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How to Make Yeast Cells Thrive
Students set up and run the experiments they designed in the lesson Population Growth in Yeasts, using simple yeast-molasses cultures in test tubes. Population growth is indicated by the amount of respiration occurring in the cultures,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Electron Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the electron transport chain.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mammal Structure and Function
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the function of various structures in mammals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Water and Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the importance of biochemical reactions involving water.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cellular Respiration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How does the food you eat provide energy? Through the process of cellular respiration, the energy in food is changed into energy that can be used by the body's...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Biochemical Reaction Chemistry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a biochemical reaction, the different types and the importance of enzymes in biochemical reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Process of Cellular Respiration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why do you need air to live? Of course if you didn't breathe, you couldn't survive. You need the gas oxygen to perform cellular respiration to get energy from your...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Processes of Breathing
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines the four steps of respiration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: First Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the first cells and the evolution of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Living Systems
Learn about the conservation of mass and energy as it applies to different living systems.