Cellular Respiration Lab

This fun cellular respiration lab has students watch as a balloon gets blown up by yeast performing respiration! Easy-prep cells lab for teachers, fun for students!  Easy supplies, too!

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Keep it simple with these clear and easy-to-follow investigation instructions. Students add a few ingredients to a balloon and observe the changes over a class period. The laboratory materials are simple, cheap, and easy to obtain, but this is one of the most talked-about labs all year!

Included In Resource:

• Introduction
• Materials list
• Procedure
• Data table
• Analysis questions
• Helpful teacher notes

Simple Materials List: balloon, yeast, sugar, funnel, measuring spoons, tape measures (printable tape measure is provided), warm water

NGSS Standard: MS-LS2-3

NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Planning and carrying out investigations

NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Analyzing and interpreting data

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.