Tag: mitochondria

  • A Journey Through the Cell

    A Journey Through the Cell

    Are you looking for a creative way to teach cell biology that captures your students’ attention and makes learning fun? Check out “A Journey Through the Cell,” a free resource that transforms a standard biology topic into an engaging, story-driven adventure. You might already be familiar with another worksheet on the cell, called Cell City…

  • Cellular Respiration Overview

    Cellular Respiration Overview

    Explore the intricacies of cellular respiration with this engaging worksheet designed for students. Covering glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport chain

  • Adaptive Thermogenesis in Sea Otters (CER)

    Adaptive Thermogenesis in Sea Otters (CER)

    CER that explores how sea otters stay warm using adaptive metabolic remodeling. A process where proton leak from mitochondria keeps the animal warm.

  • Cell Labeling (Remote)

    Cell Labeling (Remote)

    Can you ever have too many cell labeling practice worksheets? This one uses Slides for students to drag and drop labels to the image.

  • Reinforcement: Cell

    Reinforcement: Cell

    This is a practice worksheet for students who are learning structures found in the cell. A list of terms can be matched with descriptions and definitions. The same terms can be used to label a diagram of an animal cell. I use reinforcement worksheets for review or remediation. I will give students 10 minutes to…

  • What Causes Mitochondrial Disease – CER

    What Causes Mitochondrial Disease – CER

    Describes genes in the nuclear DNA and in the mitochondrial DNA and proteins found in the inner membrane of the mitochondria. Mutations can lead to disorders.

  • Mitochondria, DNA, and the Aging Process

    Mitochondria, DNA, and the Aging Process

    This short article was designed for anatomy and physiology students studying the cell.  The class focuses on how disease states can often be traced back to problems with cells.   Senescence, or aging, has been linked to a build-up of mutations in mtDNA. 

  • Cell Structures: A Graphic Organizer

    Cell Structures: A Graphic Organizer

    This graphic organizer (concept map) organizes the cell structures around three main parts of the eukaryotic cell: the nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane.

  • How Mitochondria Produce Energy for the Cell

    How Mitochondria Produce Energy for the Cell

    This worksheet is intended for basic biology students to learn how cellular respiration provides energy for the cell.  Students color a mitochondrion which shows how the inner membrane is folded into cristae and indicates that mitochondria are organelles that have their own DNA.   Finally, students examine the equation for respiration and compare it to…

  • Case Study – Chicago Cyanide Murders

    Case Study – Chicago Cyanide Murders

    Students investigate how cyanide interferes with the mitochondria and the role of oxygen in cellulular respiration; based on an historical event.

  • Color a Plant Cell and Identify Functions

    Color a Plant Cell and Identify Functions

    Students learn the structures found in a plant cell by coloring them according to directions.