Topic 12.2: Respiration (CIE International A-level Biology)

Each of the 6 lessons in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to cover the content as detailed in topic 12.2 (Respiration) of the CIE International A-Level Biology specification. The specification points that are covered within these lessons include:

• The stages of aerobic respiration and their location in eukaryotic cells
• Glycolysis as the first stage of aerobic and anaerobic respiration
• Pyruvate is converted to acetyl CoA in the Link reaction
• The series of reactions that form the Krebs cycle
• The process and details of oxidative phosphorylation
• The relationship between structure and function in the mitochondrion
• Anaerobic respiration in mammalian tissue and yeast cells
• The oxygen debt

The lessons have been written to include a wide range of activities and numerous understanding and prior knowledge checks so students can assess their progress against the current topic as well as be challenged to make links to other topics within this topic and earlier topics

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