Photosynthesis
Readiness
TEKS Objective
The student is expected to describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments.
Science Background
Photosynthesis: BioCoach (website) - Series of pages and animations that provide a thorough introduction to the science behind photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis
Pearson Education, BioCoach, www.phschool.com
Biology of Plants: Missouri Botanical Garden (website) - Background about plant needs, growth and development, with links to information of plant parts, how plants make food, plant adaptations, and more.
Signature Lesson
Do Plants Need Light? BioEd Online (website) - Students learn that plants require light, water, air and soil to grow, and they conduct investigations showing that plants require energy from sunlight to produce new plant material and food that will be transferred to consumers and decomposers.
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
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TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
Do Plants Need Sunlight? Michigan Reach Out! (website) - Students learn that plants need sunlight to survive, and investigate what happens to plants that do not receive sufficient sunlight. Includes assessment and extensions.
Do Plants Need Sunlight?
Michigan Reach Out, www.reachoutmichigan.org
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
Finding the Carbon in Sugar: BioEd Online (website) - Students observe the burning of candle and a small amount of sugar to investigate the energy produced by photosynthesis and stored in carbon-containing molecules in plants, such as sugar.
Finding the Carbon in Sugar
BioEd Online, www.bioedonline.org
Assessment Ideas
Have students illustrate the photosynthesis process with a drawing. Or, have them represent and describe the photosynthesis equation using pictures or drawings.
Carbon dioxide [CO2] + water [H2O] + light — > sugar [C6H12O6] + water [H2O]+ oxygen [O2]
Literature Connections
Food (Cycles in Science). Riley, Peter (ISBN-13: 978-1575726182)
Photosynthesis: Changing Sunlight into Food. Kalman, Bobbie (ISBN-13: 978-0778723080)
Why Do People Eat? Needham, Kate (ISBN-13: 978-0746013021)
Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom, Super Scientist. O’Donnell, Liam (ISBN-13: 978-1429611602)
The Magic School Bus Gets Planted: A Book About Photosynthesis. Notkin, Lenore (ISBN-13: 978-0590922463)
Additional Resources
Illuminating Photosynthesis: NOVA (website) - Photosynthesis in plants and a few bacteria is responsible for feeding nearly all life on Earth. Explore this website to explore the basic photosynthesis model.
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