
To begin, students analyze two models of cellular respiration – chemical equations that summarize the inputs and outputs of cellular respiration and a figure that summarizes the three major stages of cellular respiration (glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain plus ATP synthase).
Then, students use what they have learned to develop their own model of cellular respiration.
In the optional final section, students analyze how the extensive, folded inner membrane of a mitochondrion contributes to ATP production. This illustrates the general principle that structure is related to function.