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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Calvin Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The second stage of photosynthesis, the Calvin Cycle, is described. Students will learn how to write the overall photosynthesis equation, explain RuBisCo, describe...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Global Maps: Chlorophyll

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how chlorophyll is related to photosynthesis and watch a map evolve from July 2002 to October 2008 showing the varying levels of chlorophyll. Read about how important chlorophyll and photosynthesis are to our environment.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Phytoplankton Productivity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lab experiment to estimate the rate of photosynthesis by measuring the dissolved inorganic carbon found in the water. Students will be able to calculate primary productivity of the phytoplankton in this lab
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chloroplasts

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Online tutorial presents an overview of chloroplasts and their structure. Explores the role of the chloroplast in photosynthesis and the significance of an electron...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: First Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out how the theoretical idea of the evolution of the very first cell. Students will examine photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Energy Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive learning exercises, students examine the different definitions of energy and how enzymes regulate how the energy is stored and used during cellular respiration. They also take a close look at photosynthesis to learn...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Corn for Fuel?!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students examine how to grow plants the most efficiently. They imagine that they are designing a biofuels production facility and need to know how to efficiently grow plants to use in this facility. As a means of...
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Handout
Other

Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science

For Students 9th - 10th
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Energy in Food

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A video workshop examining how the Sun provides energy for all living things beginning with the process of photosynthesis. Presents current scientific thinking about energy transfer through the food chain as well as ways to deal with...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental Chemistry: Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining the importance of carbon as the basis for life, carbon dioxide's role in photosynthesis and respiration, carbon in the ocean and lithosphere, the impact of human activities on the carbon cycle, carbon that seems to be...
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Lesson Plan
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Teaching Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of teaching resources to help students explore plants! Resources investigate anatomy of plants, reproduction and life cycles, fruits, seeds, classification, photosynthesis, factors that affect plant growth, and respiration....
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Accessory Pigments

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics and functions of the three classes of accessory pigments that play a role in photosynthesis.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science:2.14 Light Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the light reaction process of photosynthesis.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Water and Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The chemical and physical properties of water are examined in this lesson, including the role of hydrogen bonds in determining water's properties. The importance of...
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Activity
Can Teach

A Demonstration of Photosynthesis and Transpiration

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students of all ages wonder what happens to a seed when you plant it in the ground. Try this basic experiment and let them explore, pose questions, and make predictions.
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Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Fate of Excited Pigment Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Biology Project tutorial from the University of Alabama explains the molecular events that occur as a pigment molecule absorbs a photon of light during photosynthesis.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Photosynthetic Pigments

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California provides an overview of photosynthetic pigments includes definition, importance in photosynthesis, and description of 3 basic classes of pigments.
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Interactive
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
An online video game where players take control of a tiny virtual submarine that explores plant and animal cells from the inside! Players learn about organelles, respiration, and photosynthesis.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Biosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth's biosphere. Topics covered include Bioenergetics, glycolysis and fermentation, respiration, photosynthesis, and more.
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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Power Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Photovoltaic technology is compared and contrasted to the natural phenomenon of photosynthesis. The means by which photocells harness solar energy is described and explained.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Chloroplast

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides excellent information on chloroplasts, organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae which conduct photosynthesis.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Into the Mitochondrion: Making Atp With Oxygen

For Students 9th - 10th
The aim of this article is to relate the history of oxygen in the atmosphere to the evolution of photosynthesis, aerobic respiration, mitochondria, and life on earth.

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