Cellular Respiration Resources

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at the top of the page for links to resources to learn about cellular respiration.

Pictures of the map of cellular respiration

Today we drew a map that traced the flow of matter and energy through cellular respiration. Can you follow along?  Click on the pictures to make them larger.

Surprise! It's a Quiz

What do you know about enzyme activity and the basics of cellular respiration?  It's time to find out!

Today students had a short IB quiz (3 multiple choice, 1 DBQ and 1 open response question).

Tomorrow we will continue learning about cellular respiration.

When we return from Spring Break - on Thursday April 19th you will have a test on Topics 3.7, 8.1/C3, and Enzymes.  This test will be multiple choice questions and open response.

Cellular Respiration

Inspired by Mr. T, H period participated in a spaced learning experiment.  You had a foundation for this information so we built on that with the information in the slides below.

H Period:  Your job is to review this PowerPoint twice tonight.

E Period: You will participate in the spaced learning experiment on Thursday.

Cell Respiration (8.1 & C3)

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Cellular Respiration

Today we completed topic 3.7. We used songs and music videos to help us learn.

Oxidative Phosphoylation (Lion King beat)

Cellular Respiration to the tune of 'Californication.'



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Introducing Cellular Respiration

Today students used the slideshow below to play a trivia game to introduce them to cellular respiration.

Intro to cellular respiration

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Your only homework is to work on your IA.  You should be spending AT LEAST 45 minutes per night working on this.

Internal Assessment Write Up

Today we discussed what you need to do to earn "complete" scores for your Internal Assessment.

As you write your IA make sure that you are referencing the IB Biology Guide for Internal Assessment.

Below are a list of links that will help you with your IA.

Data Collection & Processing from I-Biology

Conclusion & Evaluation from I-Biology

IB Bio Excel Stat Book - download an excel workbook with a flow chart to help you determine how to process your data.

IBO Website with samples of Complete & Partial graphs and tables. - see what it takes to have earn a complete.  The difference is in the details.

Errors for consideration in your conclusion & evaluation

How to determine a confidence interval for your data

IA Due Friday March 30th

Your completed IA is due on Friday March 30th in class.  You must have a printed copy.  This is what is being sent off to the IB.  You should also email me a copy so we can have a back up in case something happens to your computer.

Internal Assessment

Over the course of this week, students will be working on their internal assessment.  Be sure to refer to the blue and green guide to make sure that you properly complete the assignment.

IA practice

Today students had the opportunity to practice their design before officially beginning their IA next week.    Many of you realized that you needed to change your procedure, use smaller quantities or just by chance chose the optimal time for your experiment to run.

Below are link to the manuals for the Vernier Probes you might have chosen for this experiment.  These manuals also include the actual uncertainties for the equipment as established by Vernier.

Gas Pressure sensor
pH sensor
Temperature sensor

For Monday (or Tuesday) set a goal for your self.  You have four hours of class time to complete this experiment, so manage your time wisely.

Wrapping up Enzymes

Today we finished learning about enzymes.  The remainder of the class period students worked on revising the experimental designs.

In addition to meeting deadlines, a big part of the IB is staying organized.  If you don't already have a Biology Folder in your Documents, on your computer, make one!

Develop a system for naming your work, so it is easy to find.  Your Internal Assessment should be saved as:  IA_Catalase_DDE

DDE stands for Design, Data, Evaluation, since these are the components of your lab.  In the fall you would have saved the stream work for Academic travel as IA_Academic Travel_E.

A copy of your design lab is due tomorrow in class.

Enzyme Inhibitors & Design Labs

Today we took time for you to peer assess your design labs.  One of your peers asked if you could make revisions based on the grades you received from your peers.  Since we have a little extra time in class tomorrow, you will have an opportunity to do this, so make sure you bring your computer to class.

Enzymes HL Topic 7 and SL Option C

Today (or tomorrow for H period) we continued learning about enzymes.  By the end of this class students were able to:

State that metabolic pathways consist of chains and cycles of enzyme- catalysed reactions.

Describe the induced-fit model.

Explain that enzymes lower the activation energy of the chemical reactions that they catalyse.

Below are the animations we used in class.

Blood clot formation is an example of a metabolic pathway.

Click here for an animation demonstrating a biochemical pathway.

Click here for the induced fit model animation.

Below is a great tutorial on energy and enzymes, click the picture to link to the tutorial.

Homework: A final reminder that your Design IA is due tomorrow in class.  You must submit a printed copy.