Cellular Energy Project-Based Learning Activity | Biology | Grades 9–12

Cellular Energy Project-Based Learning Activity is a project-based learning activity for high school Biology (grades 9–12) on Cellular Energy.

Pairs with: Cellular Energy Slide Show Presentation; Cellular Energy Guided Notes; Cellular Energy Lesson Quiz; Cellular Energy Unit Test.

Sections: Biology Project Based Learning Activities • Chapter 4; Biology Project Based Learning • Chapter 4; Project Station #1; Technical Vocabulary Matching; Learning Objective & STEM Challenge Target; Investigation Protocol & Directions; Station 1: Technical Vocabulary Term Cards (cut Out); Term #1. Sample item: “How do exoelectrogenic bacteria like Geobacter sulfurreducens generate electricity from wastewater organics?”

What's inside: Project Based Learning Activity (editable .pptx + PDF, 30 slides); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: HS-PS1-5 — Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or the concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs. HS-LS1-1 — Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells. HS-LS1-5 — Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. HS-LS1-7 — Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy. HS-LS2-5 — Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

Resource type: Project-Based Learning Activity. Format: editable Microsoft PowerPoint file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Students work through the project stations over several class periods, ending with a product they present. Built for high school Biology, grades 9–12.

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