Krebs cycle, ATP production, cell communication, and photosynthesis

Part of Science Literacy is knowing what you need to know...

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"I need help with Krebs' cycle, ATP production, cell communication, and photosynthesis as soon as possible."

So...here is a plea from a person who really wants to learn...What can we do...Even better, what can this person do?

Active learning is the best way to acquire and keep information.  Knowing one's own style of learning is also helpful.  Let's look at first steps.

How much time do we have to learn the information?  This number is important for time management.  We can decide how much time we have for each topic.

Jot the time you have down  __________________________________.

Set up a schedule based on your other commitments and the time slots you can devote to this study.  Get a notebook, and all your study materials and handout sheets, if any.  You can use them to help support what  other tools you find.

Now, lets look at each  topic.  Organize what you already know under each heading, even if it only a series of questions that you want answered.

Krebs' cycle 

Cycle...sounds like circle or re-cycle....Maybe it has to do with something going around   (Perhaps that's all you can think of.)  

Add what else you already know here, add your questions, then go to the next topic.  Afterward, come back and add information from other resources.  I'll start you off.  You continue.  I'll be back in a day or so to see if you have made any progress...first, though, let's look at Kreb's Cycle

Krebs' cycle 

Cycle...sounds like circle or re-cycle....Maybe it has to do with something going around   (Perhaps that's all you can think of.)  

Students often start with Wikipedia from a Google or other search engine search.  Okay, let's start here.   I'll be back when you've had a chance to read this.  In fact, you can look up similar information on the other topics and glance through them.  We'll figure out ways to comprehend the information later

Citric acid cycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle

The citric acid cycle — also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), theKrebs cycle, or the Szent-Györgyi–Krebs cycle — is a series of chemical ...

Evolution - Overview - Steps - Products

ATP production 

Don't forget to add what you already know about ATP production and questions that you may have...

Here are some beginning web search finds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate, and,

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/cellresp/review1.html 

Cell communication, and 

Don't forget to add what you already know on cell communication and questions that you may have...

Here are some beginning web search finds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_communication_(biology)

Oh, something else interesting came on the radar:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insidestory/

...we could look at that, too.

Photosynthesis

Don't forget to add what you already know about photosynthesis and questions that you may have...

Here are some beginning web search finds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

But, look at this, too:

http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/bio1int.htm

I'll be back.  Here's a list modified from the above mentioned source (http://nhscience.lonestar. edu/biol/bio1int.htm), accessed June 28, 2012:

Photosynthesis; Plants

• Light Absorption
• Atomic Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation University of California.
• Jablonski Diagram Molecular Expressions
• Photosynthesis University of Alberta
• Light Reaction
• Harvesting Light
• Photosynthesis by John Kyrk
• Photo systems 1 and 2-Oxygenic Photosynthesis by Sue Merkel, Cornell Univ
• Photosynthesis Animation by John L. Giannini
• Energy Capturing Photosynthesis animation by June B. Steinberg
• Photosynthesis Animation - Light Reaction Central Michigan University
• Photosynthesis McGraw-Hill
• Light Reaction Smith College
• Dark Reaction - Calvin Cycle
• Calvin Cycle Animations by June B. Steinberg
• Interactive Photosynthesis Biochemistry by Garrett and Grisham
• Calvin Cycle Smith College
• Calvin Cycle ASM Press and Sinauer Associates Inc.
• Calvin Cycle McGraw-Hill
• Overall
• Metabolic Processes Terry Brown
• Photosynthesis Forest Biology Virginia Tech
• Photosynthesis University of Aberdeen
• Illuminating Photosynthesis By Rick Groleau PBS
• An Overview of Photosynthesis The Biology Place

Let's try Khan Academy now:

Krebs' cycle; Science Literacy

http://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/v/krebs---citric-acid-cycle

ATP production; Science Literacy

Cell communication; Science Literacy

Photosynthesis; Science Literacy

http://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/v/photosynthesis  which is also available on Youtube:  

 You can find other videos on photosynthesis, Here is one done by two students as a project for a class:

Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xNwZCk2CHY&feature=related.  Accessed June 29, 2012.

Next steps; Science Literacy

Practice makes perfect!  What do you think?  Do you have a way to remember and use the information yet?  Higher order thinking on these topics is your aim.  So, let's work on that next.  Come up with some memory aids or mnemonic devices.

Also, think about the kinds of questions you can be asked on these topics...Put another way, "What is important about them?"  Then, make your reason for knowing them:  "I need to know this because________________."

Think about location, location, location:  Where do these metabolic processes occur in the cell?  What if the cell is prokaryotic like bacteria and blue greens?  What if the cells are eukaryotic like yours?  Or, like a trees?  Whay about in a set of organisms like found in a lichen?

What journal articles are found on these topics?  Have you thought about current research related to these four biology topics?

Think about how you can use this information, because that linkage to you...that formation of, "relevancy," in your brain, is what will let you remember it and use it when you need it in some future, as yet unknown, situation.  That will enable even higher order thinking such as synthesis, and analysis, needed to solve problems... global problems.

You might also wonder who is Krebs.  How did he think?  Isn't learning fun?  Each new idea leads to so many more.

  Source:  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Adolf_Krebs.  Accessed June 28 2012.

Hans Adolph Krebs

How did he think?

How do you think?  I'll leave you with that thought.  Enjoy.

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