Cellular respiration - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use conceptual change texts and concepts maps to teach cellular respiration.

The research summary provides a concise overview of the difficulties experienced when teaching this topic and the common misconceptions. Elements of this research are then utlised within the lesson plan to address the common misconceptions in this topic. 

By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:

• identify key features of aerobic and anaerobic respiration
• describe the similarities and differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration

This resource is part of a collection of research informed secondary science lesson plans produced as part of the Research-2-Practice (R2P) project undertaken by research teams at the University of Roehampton, University of Lincoln, York St John University and KYRA research school, between 2020 and 2021, which was funded by Wellcome.

The overall aim of the project was to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in science by giving time-pressed teachers quick and easy access to relevant research to inform their practice and provide exemplar lesson plans to show how the research could be used in the classroom. More resources can be found here.