Task 1 – Life Science: Cell: Cellular Respiration
Learning Target: I can describe how Cellular Respiration is important to both
producers and consumers.
With a shoulder partner: Answer the following questions on your own:
How do plants obtain their food? __________________________________________________________
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How do animals obtain their food?
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What does the food you eat give you? _____________________________________________________
Which organelle is responsible for the processes of cellular respiration?
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Engage: Read Turning Food into Energy and watch the associated videos.
Think-Pair-Share: Answer the following questions.
Why do plants perform photosynthesis? __________________________________________________
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Why do we eat food? ________________________________________________________________________
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How do you feel if we don’t eat enough food? _____________________________________________
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What happens to us when we constantly eat too much food? ___________________________
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Complete: Read through the Springbok Antelope Scenario and write your answer
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Can you Explain: How is cellular respiration different from respiration (breathing),
and how does it enable an organism to survive? __________________________________________
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Task 2 – Life Science: Cell: Cellular Respiration
Learning Target: I can describe the process of cellular respiration and explain why it
is important.
Think-Pair-Share the following questions:
Why is cellular respiration important? ____________________________________________________
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What is needed for cellular respiration?
Raw Materials (reactants)
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Bi-products (end product)
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What is produced during cellular respiration (reactants/bi products):
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Who performs cellular respiration? Plants? Animals? Or Both?
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Is oxygen a waste product for plants? _____________________________________________________
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Interactive Exploration: Complete Cellular Respiration Interactive Exploration as a
class or with a partner. Recommended as a class.
What roll does diffusion play in this exploration? ________________________________________
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What roll does Oxygen molecules (O2) play in cellular respiration? ____________________
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Why do we call this cellular respiration? Why not just respiration? ____________________
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How is cellular respiration like breathing? What is breathing in cellular respiration?
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Draw, label and color the three images from this exploration into your composition
notebook or in the area below to illustrate the process of cellular respiration.
Task 3 – Article Reading and discussion (from old textbook) - Respiration
Learning Target: I can describe what cellular respiration is how it is related to
photosynthesis.
Think-Pair-Share the following questions:
What do mitochondria do for a cell? _______________________________________________________
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What resources does the mitochondria need to perform its functions?
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Once a glucose molecule enters the cell, what happens to it in the cytoplasm? ________
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In the box below write the chemical equation for cellular respiration:
Text: read pages 129 – 130 in the article from the old textbooks. Discuss and then
return to the questions above to make any needed changes to your answers.
Write out the structures and processes of both Photosynthesis and Cellular
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respiration
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Photosynthetic Structures
Photosynthetic Process
In the space provided below, write out the formula for photosynthesis using both
symbols and words
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CELLULAR RESPIRATION
Cellular Respiration Structures
Cellular Respiration Process
In the space provided below, write out the formula for cellular Respiration using
both symbols and words
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Task 4 – Life Science: Cells: Cellular Respiration
Learning Target: I can describe what cellular respiration is how it is related to
photosynthesis.
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Think-Pair-Share: Answer the following questions with your partner.
Where does cellular respiration take place? ______________________________________________
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Why is cellular respiration important? ____________________________________________________
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Why do most organisms need oxygen? ____________________________________________________
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In the table, write & draw the reactants of cellular respiration on the left and the
products on the right.
Reactants
Products
In the table write & draw the reactants of photosynthesis on the left and the
products on the right.
Reactants
Products
Complete: Study guide and reinforcement worksheets. Also redraw the
photosynthesis and cellular respiration (from the text document) diagrams into
your composition book or on a sheet of paper.
Task 5 – Life Science: Cells: Cellular Respiration
Learning Target: I can describe how Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration are
related.
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Whiteboard: In your group, create a whiteboard that illustrates your
understanding of the relationship between cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
Notes on this page or concept maps of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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