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Final Project

Sam Dixon

Lesson Plan

Outline

Lessons

Day 1

Day 1. Intro to Photosynthesis

Draw overview on board.

Discussion about photosynthesis, farming, CRISPR, and feeding 7.7 billion people.

Homework: Read 10.1

Day 2

Day 2. Intro to Light Reaction

Draw light reaction

Light reaction demonstration on lab tables using paper cutouts and little models.

Homework: Read 10.2 and Lab Overview

Day 3 Block day 1.5 hours

Day 3

Block Day

Day 3

Lab day:

Pigment Chromatography

Floating Leaf Disk Lab

Opportunity for inquiry: Allow students to design a lab extension where they modify various environmental factors and investigate how it affects rates of photosynthesis.

Day 4

Day 4 - Finish up with lab, graphing, data analysis, questions.

Day 4

Day 5

Day 5 - Go over Calvin Cycle

Draw as a class.

Discussion about Rubisco, its evolution, conditions on earth, and genetic engineering.

Read through part of this paper:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6422/eaat9077

Homework: Read 10.3

Day 6

Day 6 - Go through CAM and C4 plants

Draw on board.

Homework: Read 10.4

Lab review and Mind Maps (study guides) due the day of the test.

Day 6

Day 7

Day 7 - Assessment. I combined the cellular respiration and photosynthesis topics into one test.

Day 7

Labs

Floating Leaf Disk Lab:

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/bio-manual/Bio_Lab5-Photosynthesis.pdf

I have not use this specific lab write up but I have done one similar to it. I may use this one this year.

Pigment Chromatography Lab:

https://www.sfponline.org/Uploads/biolabchrom.pdf

I also have not used this specific lab write up but one very similar.

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