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Track #306275: EXPLORING PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Annotated by: Kathleen Egan
1. Photosynthesis, what is it good for?
https://webertube.com/video/19772/bill-nye---plants

On your work sheet

Explain why photosynthesis is important?

2. Photosynthesis, which living things do it?
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/plants.htm

Discover two important details about theses living things

3. Leaves at Work
http://gleeson11biology.pbworks.com/f/1223346423/photosynthesis%20summary.jpg

Make a drawing of this cut away view of a leaf and label the places water, sun and carbon dioxide enter the leaf and oxygen leaves the leaf.

4. Photosynthesis, in what plant part does it occur?
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2c.html

Record where in the plant that photosynthesis occurs. What is the name of the pigment (green color) that captures the sun’s energy?

5. The Big Green Picture!
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/uploads/alberta/Photo.html

 Summarize the process of photosynthesis. How does it compare to respiration?

6. Putting it all Together
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualforest/

Read and explore this overview of photosynthesis. Record one Question, Personal Connection or something that Surprised you.

7. The Illuminating Factor.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/photosynthesis.html

Watch movie and answer quiz questions.  After viewing this animation by NOVA eExplain two factors which affect the rate of photosynthesis

8. Test yourself.
http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/Photosynthsis.html

After reviewing the main points of photosynthesis take the quiz.

9. Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html

Why do leaves change color in the fall. Where has all the chlorophyll gone?

10. Great Plant Escape
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/index.html

Exploring THE GREAT PLANT ESCAPE Select any of the Cases 2,3,4,5, or 6. Earn an Extra Quiz Grade for each completed mystery. Record your responses for each of the Goals stated Each “Case Brief”

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