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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. 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
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 - Finish up with lab, graphing, data analysis, questions.
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 - 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 7 - Assessment. I combined the cellular respiration and photosynthesis topics into one test.
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.