Cellular Respiration - 7 Lab Station Activities
Cellular respiration station lab in which students draw the Krebs cycle from memory, research the proton gradient, read about muscle fatigue, answer a knowledge check and watch an expert video, recording everything in a passport.

- Grades
- Grades 7–10, High School, Middle School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Science, Life Sciences, Biology
- Topic
- cells, cellular
- Resource types
- Activities
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Cellular Respiration Lab Station Activities Bring cellular respiration concepts to life in your science classroom. This interactive lab station activity allows students to actively learn about key cellular respiration concepts including glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, proton gradients, electron transport chains, and more through a variety of hands-on stations. Budding scientists will get creative illustrating concepts, conduct research, watch informative videos, answer knowledge checks, and more. With a structured passport system to guide learning, minimal teacher prep required, and bonus vocabulary boosters, it's a foolproof way to engage learners with cellular respiration. Use it to complement your unit for whole class learning, small group remediation, or independent student review. This versatile cellular respiration lab is perfect for middle and high school life science and biology teachers looking to energize cellular respiration instruction.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Describe the steps of the Krebs cycle
- Explain how the proton gradient and electron transport chain depend on oxygen
- Compare aerobic and anaerobic energy production in muscle cells
Teaching tips
- The expert video station uses a linked external video, so place a device with internet access there.
Skills covered
- Diagramming — drawing the Krebs cycle from memory
- Scientific argument — giving an opinion on why oxygen matters in the electron transport chain
- Question writing — authoring five original quiz questions as Question Master
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Glycolysis
- Krebs cycle
- Proton gradient
- Electron transport chain
- ATP
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