Teaching the Electron Transport Chain

 

Janet A. Sherman and David L. Evans

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1993, Volume 14

Abstract

We have used the technique presented here to successfully teach electron transport to groups of from 12 to 40 students in both lecture and laboratory settings. The goal is to emphasize the concept that energy is released and stored as bonds are broken in one molecule and formed in another. This technique also helps students to connect laboratory experiments (which often focus simply on the beginning and end-products of respiration) with the more complex pathways they are learning in lectures.

Keywords:  cellular respiration, electron transport train

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1992)