Cellular Respiration Webquest

Introduction

You are about to embark upon a dark and dangerous journey into the inner workings of the very cells that make up YOU.  Its not always a pretty sight; there are slimy, globular parasites that invaded your cells billions of years ago and have never left! Inside them are miniature, tireless machines that never cease working to produce the most phenomenal power ever seen on planet earth! And by miniature, I mean MOLECULAR.

PREPARE to be AMAZED and CHALLENGED as you encounter CELLULAR RESPIRATION!!

Task

You will discover the basis of one of the most fundamental mysteries of life, how the cell makes its energy.

Use your textbook and the links on the "Process" page to complete the worksheet you were given in class.

Process
  1. Overview of Cell Respiration: Go to the following site and read the entire page and use it to answer questions on Part I of the handout: http://staff.jccc.net/PDECELL/cellresp/respintro.html
  2. Glycolysis - Ancient and Primitive: Learn the ancient mysteries of Glycolysis and answer questions on Part II: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/ecb/ecb_images/13_03_glycolysis.jpg
    Watch this animation for critical details of the process: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/glycolysis.html
  3. Kreb's cycle (or the citric acid cycle) - The Mighty Mitochondria: Learn the wonders of the Kreb's Cycle and answer questions on Part III: http://library.thinkquest.org/22016/resp/resp.html
    And if you really love chemistry, go to: http://www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
  4. The Electron Transport Chain (ETC) - Molecular Machines: Learn about the amazing machines of the ETC and answer questions, Part III: Rodney Boyer animation, Thomas Terry animation
    Now watch the machines at work in a video:     http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/etc/movie.htm
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