Teaching ideas Chapter 11
Respiration and gas exchange
Syllabus sections covered: 11, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Teaching resources Syllabus section 12.1,12.2, 12.3
Topic Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
40-minute periods
Resources in Coursebook
Resources in Workbook
Resources on this CD-ROM
4 to 6
Activity 11.1 Investigating heat production by germinating peas
Exercise 11.1 Effect of temperature on the rate of respiration
Worksheet 11.1 Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Activity 11.2 To show the uptake of oxygen during aerobic respiration
Exercise 11.2 The effect of animals and plants on the carbon dioxide concentration in water
Worksheet 11.2 Respiration equations
Activity 11.3 Investigating the production of carbon dioxide by anaerobic respiration Activity 11.4 Comparing the energy content of two kinds of food
Exercise 11.3 A simple respirometer
Questions 11.1 to 11.6 EOCQ 1 11
Gas exchange in humans
2 to 3
Activity 11.5 Examining lungs Questions 11.7 to 11.10
Exercise 11.4 Gas exchange surfaces in rats
EOCQs 2, 4 11
Breathing
2 to 4
Activity 11.6 Modelling how the diaphragm helps with breathing Activity 11.7 Gas exchange in small animals Activity 11.8 Comparing the carbon dioxide content of inspired and expired air Activity 11.9 Investigating the effect of exercise on rate and depth of breathing EOCQs 3, 5, 6 Original material © Cambridge University Press 2014
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