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Hello,
Thanks for the great resources. I didn't realize before I started to use the photosynthesis and respiration minds-on activities that these lessons were designed for classrooms with limited internet access, and I wanted to add my two-cents about that. I do have regular internet access in a computer lab or with a laptop cart, and most students now have a mobile device that they can share with others. Web activities and quests are great, but I find that with these minds-on activities (I like that term a lot), my students are more likely to read carefully, study diagrams, refer to previous lessons, and are overall more engaged than if they were using screen time to accomplish similar learning tasks. I use these activities using a POGIL style approach, and my students have a much deeper understanding of these difficult topics - and they enjoy the opportunity to work on them together. I would encourage more teachers who are concerned about students obtaining a deep understanding of biological topics to steer clear of flashier web based applications and make some of these resources work for their classrooms (thank you for publishing the resources in Word so it is easier to do this). I wish I had found them years ago!
Ben