This engaging and detailed lesson looks at the roles of the Link reaction and the Krebs cycle as the stages of aerobic respiration which occur in the mitochondrial matrix. Both the PowerPoint and the accompanying resource have been designed to cover point 7.5 of the Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A (Salters Nuffield) specification.
The lesson begins with a challenge, where the students have to recall the details of glycolysis in order to form the word matrix. This introduces the key point that these two stages occur in this part of the mitochondria and time is taken to explain why the reactions occur in the matrix as opposed to the cytoplasm like glycolysis. Moving forwards, the Link reaction is covered in 5 detailed bullet points and students have to add the key information to these points using their prior knowledge as well as knowledge provided in terms of NAD. The students will recognise that this reaction occurs twice per molecule of glucose and a quick quiz competition is used to test their understanding of the numbers of the different products of this stage. This is just one of the range of methods that are used to check understanding and all answers are explained to allow students to assess their progress. The rest of the lesson focuses on the Krebs cycle. In line with the detail of the specification, students will understand how decarboxylation and dehydrogenation reactions result in the regeneration of the 4C compound.
It is estimated that it will take about 2 hours of A-level teaching time to cover the detail of the lesson and therefore the detail of the specification point 7.5
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A fantastic resource. Thank you again for this and for sharing it free of charge. My students will love these activities.
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