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Digestive System Card Sort

In this card activity, students investigate the functions of major digestive organs.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Anatomy & Physiology
Card Activities
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Setting Up Your Data for Success

This highly customizable activity guides students through organizing and documenting spreadsheet data during a class investigation.

Science Practices
Skill Builders
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Biomolecules on the Menu

In this Click & Learn, students explore the process of digestion and how it connects to metabolism and cellular respiration. 

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Anatomy & Physiology
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase

This animation shows how the pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA. It is the second of six animations about cellular respiration.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

Glycolysis

This animation shows how glycolysis converts glucose into pyruvate through a series of enzyme reactions. It is the first of six animations about cellular respiration. These animations bring to life the molecular engines inside mitochondria that generate ATP, the main source of chemically stored energy used throughout the body.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

ATP in Use

This animation shows two examples of how the cell uses energy from ATP. It is the sixth of six animations about cellular respiration. These animations bring to life the molecular engines inside mitochondria that generate ATP, the main source of chemically stored energy used throughout the body.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

Data Explorer

This web tool provides a quick and easy way of visualizing and analyzing data without advanced technological requirements.

Science Practices
Tools
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Using Data to Investigate Elephant Evolution

In this activity, students work with authentic research data to explore the impact of poaching on African elephants.

Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

ATP Synthesis

This animation shows how the proton gradient across the mitochondrial membrane powers the ATP synthase enzyme to make ATP. It is the fifth of six animations about cellular respiration. These animations bring to life the molecular engines inside mitochondria that generate ATP, the main source of chemically stored energy used throughout the body.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

Electron Transport Chain

This animation shows how the enzyme complexes of the electron transport chain harvest energy from cofactor molecules to pump protons across the mitochondrial membrane and establish a chemical gradient. It is the fourth of six animations about cellular respiration. These animations bring to life the molecular engines inside mitochondria that generate ATP, the main source of chemically stored energy used throughout the body.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

Citric Acid Cycle

This animation shows the reactions of the citric acid cycle, which splits off carbon atoms and generates energy-rich reduced forms of cofactor molecules. It is the third of six animations about cellular respiration. These animations bring to life the molecular engines inside mitochondria that generate ATP, the main source of chemically stored energy used throughout the body.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Animations
High School — AP/IB
College

Modeling the Structure of DNA

In this activity, students build a paper model of DNA and use their model to explore key structural features of the DNA double helix. This activity can be used to complement the short film The Double Helix.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Science Practices
Labs & Demos
High School — AP/IB
College