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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alcoholic Fermentation in Yeast

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Biology learners investigate the effect of sucrose concentration on yeast alcoholic fermentation. During the lesson,they compare and contrast the processes of cellular respiration and alcoholic fermentation. They design an experiment to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photosynthesis in a Jar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students simulate Joseph Priestley's experiments using a bell jar. They demonstrate that oxygen is necessary for fire and animals but that given time, plants can create oxygen, allowing fires to burn and animals to breathe.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What Should I Know about Respiration

For Students 9th - 12th
How are kids supposed to know what to study for that cellular respiration test? With a study guide or reading guide like the one found here. With three pages of questions important to the understanding of respiration and the processes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effects of Photosynthesis on Plant Growth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the process of photosynthesis; its products and reactants, and the sequence of the process. They diagram the light reactions, record observations of plants, and discuss how difficult it is to measure plant growth as it...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photosynthesis Study Guide

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this photosynthesis worksheet, students answer 18 questions in a combination of multiple choice and short answers including the completion of a table.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Environmental Puzzle: The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle school science stars examine fuels and energy with a variety of activities. They begin with a KWL chart, read an informative passage, and then complete a puzzle. The puzzle itself is included. Cleverly, each piece corresponds to a...
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Consumers Get Energy From Other Living Things

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How do plants and animals get their food? Learn about where energy comes from, how animals store energy, and aerobic respiration, in a lesson that allows scholars to diagram energy flows. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Environmental Puzzle: The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introducced to how respiration and photosysnthesis cycle carbon through ecosystems. They read background information that describes the role of the Sun as Earth's ultimate energy source and explains how the energy...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photosynthesis Explored

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe the production of gas as an effect of photosynthesis. In this biology lesson, students perform an experiment with pondweed and make measurements and predictions about photosynthesis and the plant.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Photosynthesis & Respiration

For Students 9th - 12th
In this photosynthesis and respiration worksheet, students complete an on-line game, clicking on questions and matching answer cards and scoring 1 point per correct answer. Printable version available also.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cell Energy Study Guide

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cell energy learning exercise, high schoolers answer questions about the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. They compare the two using a Venn diagram.
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PPT
Curated OER

Plant Life Cycles - Chapter #2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Call this just a template for a presentation on plant life, not life cycles as the title implies. Content does compare the lengths of different life cycles and describes required conditions for germination, but it also explores cellular...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Photosynthesis and Respiration

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to photosynthesis and respiration. There are 15 biology terms located in the word search.
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Are All Plants Created Equal?

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Photosynthesis requires energy and produces food, and cellular respiration produces energy and requires food. An interesting lesson plan analyzes the factors that affect the rates of photosynthesis and respiration. Classes spend one day...
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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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photosynthesis and Respiration

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders differentiate photosynthesis and respiration. In this biology instructional activity, 8th graders draw a diagram explaining these two processes. They answer a quiz after the instructional activity.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mussel Your Way Through Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, using zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), elodea and an indicator dye, observe and record the role of light in photosynthesis. They consider plant production of carbon dioxide and the use of live materials in biological...
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Measuring the Rate of Metabolism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Plant respiration can be a difficult concept for young biologists to grasp; with a hands-on lab, learners can collect and graph data, then calculate the metabolism rate for the plants they studied. If you do not have a respirometer,...
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eBook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Utah Open Textbook: 8th Grade Science

For Students 8th Standards
The cycle of energy is important to many different systems on Earth. Scholars use questioning and observation to investigate the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources and how they relate to global changes. They...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Use Concept Maps to Teach the Transfer of Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Practical tips, lessons, and ideas for teaching the transfer of energy.
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2013 AP® Biology Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
AP® free-response questions are often challenging for scholars. Give them practice writing free-response questions using former questions from the AP® Biology exam on topics such as genetic mutations, cellular respiration, evolution, and...
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PPT
Curated OER

Science Jeopardy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Wow! Review an entire semester of biology curriculum playing this Science Jeopardy game! The variety of topics is extremely broad, so you will need to review each question to find if they all apply to your course. As you find material...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy in a Cell

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cell energy worksheet, students will match 8 terms with their definitions relating to the biological processes that create energy in a cell. Then students will match 6 terms as being a part of photosynthesis, aerobic respiration,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Getting Energy to Make ATP

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cellular energy learning exercise, students review the stages of cellular respiration and contrast fermentation with cellular respiration. This learning exercise has 6 fill in the blank and 6 short answer questions.

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