Biology, material cycles and energy, cellular respiration: aerobic…
Biology, material cycles and energy, cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic respiration in living organisms, including the breakdown of organic molecules to enable all the other chemical processes necessary for life; a word summary for aerobic respiration. (Aerobic respiration only; anaerobic respiration and fermentation are not taught here.)
The National curriculum in England: science programmes of study, Key Stages 1–3 outcome for Years 7–9 says: “Biology, material cycles and energy, cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic respiration in living organisms, including the breakdown of organic molecules to enable all the other chemical processes necessary for life; a word summary for aerobic respiration. (Aerobic respiration only; anaerobic respiration and fermentation are not taught here.)” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson.
How Plants Make Food: Photosynthesis and Respiration Grades 6–8 · partly supports this outcome
Where does a tree's mass come from, what happens to the sugar a plant makes, and how does the Sun's energy run a whole ecosystem? Three no-materials lessons with a 400-year-old willow experiment, printed atom cards and a carbon-atom role-play.
- What happens to the food a plant makes? 50–60 min
Teams rearrange 36 printed atom cards from carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, then back again, and prove that no atom is made or lost. At four case stations they read data on plants in the dark, sprouting seeds, weight loss and apple stores, and explain that plants and animals both respire.
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