Curated OER
Biotech in a Bag
Students carry out a series of experiments using self-locking plastic baggies. Each experiment demonstrates a phenomenon or principle of biotechnology.
Curated OER
BIO205-CH1- Intro Word Search
In this word search activity, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Anaerobic Fermentation
Explains what anaerobic fermentation is and how it takes place in cells.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Anaerobic Respiration
Definition and related links for the chemical process anaerobic respiration.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain: Cellular Metabolism & Fermentation
This online biology book offers a comprehensive overview of cellular metabolism and fermentation. Content includes a look at glycolysis, anaerobic pathways, and aerobic respiration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fermentation
[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...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Is Anaerobic Respiration?
Explains what anaerobic cellular respiration is and how it differs from aerobic respiration. Discusses what this looks like in muscle cells, what the steps are, and the formula for anaerobic respiration.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Anaerobic Respiration
This study information will help you distinguish between obligate aerobes, obligate anaerobes, and facultative anaerobes.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Anaerobic Glycolysis
Explains what happens during anaerobic glycolysis and the two types of fermentation that can then take place under anaerobic conditions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Fermentation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of fermentation, a type of anaerobic respiration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Fermentation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes cells need to obtain energy from sugar, but there is no oxygen present to complete cellular respiration. In this situation, cellular respiration can be...
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fermentation: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the process of fermentation and explain how it allows cells to produce energy in the absence of oxygen. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Fermentation."
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Fermentation and Food
A brief article describing the process of fermentation and how this respiration process is used in cooking.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Cell Processes: Fermentation
Given descriptions or illustrations, students will identify where fermentation occurs and the results of fermentation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.18 Fermentation
Understand the cellular behind the process of fermentation.
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.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Lactic Acid Fermentation
Fermentation of lactic acid occurs during anaerobic respiration. The two-step process is described here, how it takes place in human muscle cells, and industrial applications of lactic acid fermentation.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Fermentation in a Bag
A hands-on inquiry activity using zip-lock plastic bags that allows students to observe the process of fermentation and the challenge of producing ethanol from cellulosic sources. Students are asked to predict outcomes and check their...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Kimchi Chemistry
In this cooking and food science fair project, the student will make a batch of kimchi, the national dish of Korea, and investigate the changes in pH and glucose concentration as it ferments. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fermentation: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the process of fermentation and explain how it allows cells to produce energy in the absence of oxygen. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Fermentation."
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Is Fermentation
The process of fermentation is explained and some examples are provided.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Cellular Metabolism and Fermentation
College-level, online textbook explains cellular metabolism and fermentation using full-color illustrations and labeled diagrams.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Metabolism Problem Set: Problem 11 Fermentation
Answer the question wrong and you will get a brief tutorial in the right direction. Answer it right and you must know what you are talking about. Part of a larger quiz on cellular respiration.