Cycle Summary
Students draw and explain a model of a typical plant.
Students observe a phenomenon of air traveling through a plant leaf and attempt to explain what they have observed.
Students visit lab stations to investigate how the macroscopic and microscopic structures of plants support photosynthesis.
Students revisit their initial plant models and build upon them based on what they have learned. Students explain what happens during photosynthesis at a cellular level after watching a short video clip and reading a section from “Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom”.
Students revisit their initial plant models and build upon them based on what they have learned. Students explain what happens during photosynthesis at a cellular level after watching a short video clip and reading a section from “Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom”.
Students investigate how the cellular structures of plants supports photosynthesis by conducting a chromatography lab and a virtual lab.
Students revisit their plant models and further refine them to include microscopic details of a plant.
Students complete a formative assessment.
Students will compare and contrast the different forms of carbohydrates plants create during a lab activity with the understanding that all sugar created can be used immediately or stored for future use.
In this cycle, students answer the guiding question, how does the structure of photosynthetic organisms support photosynthesis? Students are introduced to the phenomenon of an air bubble exiting a leaf stem in water.
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