I have to teach Cellular Respiration this week, and my kids seem to struggle with it. As a potential solution, I have written a song to the tune of Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" about respiration. We do not need to, nor have time to, learn the details of glycolysis, Krebs cycle, etc. so this is just a general overview. In any case, ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK ON THE LYRICS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
To the cell, to the cell
to the cell, to the cell
To the cell, to the cell
The good stuff that you eat goes straight to your cells
In your food yeah that's glucose
Glucose helps your cells take care of stuff
Keep eating those veggies and fruits
Cell respiration is what gets you to move
We all need energy
So we have to make a lot of ATP
Singing in Room 433, smart scientists
Talking about how we're gonna pass the Regents
Make ATP
Cell respiration
Cell respiration
Glucose and oxygen go in
Mitochondria make ATP baby
Cell respiration
Cell respiration
The cells are making ATP
Don't forget about the water and CO2
Cell respiration
So go ahead and eat some fruit, break it down
with your stomach juice
Move into the small intestine, diffuse through the walls
into the blood yeah
Delivery that glucose straight to the cells, along with O2
from the lungs
to the mitochondria please.
Singing in Room 433, smart scientists
talking about how we're gonna pass the Regents
Make ATP
Cell respiration
Cell respiration
Glucose and oxygen go in
Mitochondria make ATP baby
Cell respiration
Cell respiration
The cells are making ATP
And don't forget about the water and CO2
Cell respiration
So since our cells need energy
How about we make ATP, ATP is energy
We'll use our glucose
and use oxygen
Cause the truth of the matter is
Respiration is so easy, hey
To the cell, to the cell
to the cell, to the cell
To the cell, to the cell
Good stuff that you eat goes straight to the cell
To the cell, to the cell
Using up glucose and oxygen
Cell respiration
Miss NYC Teach,
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty neat song. I had to youtube Beyonce's song though. I mostly listen to techno. But in the classroom, this may seem long, and hard to memorize. Maybe you should shorten it to the chorus of the song, focusing on the most important part of the cellular respiration. Or create a jingle type song instead.
Your blog are hilarious.
-Ben