KS3 ~ Year 8 ~ Anaerobic Respiration

This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the B2 1.2 Ecosystem Processes.

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This lesson begins with a ‘Think, Pair, Share’ task for students to discuss amongst themselves - ‘Why can’t muscles continiously carry out aerobic respiration?’ After a short class discussion, the answer to this questions can be revealed to the class. Students will then complete a fill-in-the-blank task to summarise what they have learned about anaerobic respiration so far, this work can be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Students will now watch a video on anaerobic respiration, whilst students are watching this video they will need to answer a set of questions. This task can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided on the PowerPoint presentation.

Students will now look at how anaerobic respiration is carried in different organisms, particularly plants and yeast, focusing on the importance of anaerobic respiration in yeast for food production.

Next, students knowledge of aerobic and anaerobic respiration is assessed using a true or false activity, this task can be marked and corrected using the answers provided on the PowerPoint.

The last activity is a set of exam-style questions, students can use their knowledge from this lesson to answer this set of questions in their books. This work can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

The plenary activity requires students to come up with a list of questions for a list of answers which are provided for them in the plenary.

All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)