Upson-Lee High School Lesson Plan 2017-2018

Content: Biology Unit Title: Photosynthesis and Respiration

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5

Date(s):
Learning I can can compare and contrast how photosynthesis and cellular respiration store, release, and transfer energy.
Target(s)
SB1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze the nature of the
relationships between structures and functions in living cells.
e. Ask questions to investigate and provide explanations about the roles of photosynthesis and
respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy within the cell (e.g., single-celled
Standard(s)
alga).
Covered (Clarification statement: Instruction should focus on understanding the inputs, outputs, and
functions of photosynthesis and respiration and the functions of the major sub-processes of
each including glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain, light reactions, and Calvin
cycle.)
Assessment Probe: Food https://www.youtube.co https://www.calacademy. Students will take the https://quizizz.com/admin
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student ideas about 8po&t=62s deep-inside-a-leaf to review Photosynthesis 001fa10a?from=quizEdito
photosynthesis and Algal Biofuel Traveling Inside a Leaf
and Respiration. r
respiration (connection to
yesterday’s article) Students will observe
Quizizz over
Uncovering Student Ideas changes in the celery
stalks and the photosynthesis (informal
in Life Science p. 69 Set up celery stalk and Assessment Probe: Light
OPENING: transpiration bags and formative day)
food coloring experiment discuss the necessary and Dark - exploring
(Warm-up,
to observe later in the reactants in the student ideas about https://www.youtube.co
Activating photosynthesis equation.
week. photosynthesis and m/watch?v=_GpGGHGG6
Strategy/Hook,
respiration TU Calvin Cycle Song
Demonstration)
Uncovering Student ideas
Assessment Probe: No
in Life Science p. 63
More Plants - exploring
Students will brainstorm student ideas about
in their field books the interdependence of
organisms and cycling of
ways in which
energy
photosynthesis is
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Content: Biology Unit Title: Photosynthesis and Respiration

beneficial to humans (and

animals in general).
Uncovering Student Ideas
in Life Science p. 103

FIND SOMEONE WHO… Cellular Energy Students will begin GIZMO Sugar Beets Case Study:
on photosynthesis and
1) Knows where Students will be http://sciencecases.lib.buf
photosynthesis introduced to the chemical complete handouts for
Photosynthesis Reading falo.edu/cs/files/photosyn
occurs in a cell process of photosynthesis GIZMO.
2) Knows what a and the properties of Worksheet thesis_beets_flip.pdf
plant needs to plants. Students will be
undergo asked, "What do plants Students will observe Student teams will read
photosynthesis require in order to make transpiration bags and
3) Knows what is
As a group, students will the background of sugar
their own food?" "What
created during kind of food are they
sketch the three bags and draw a model of beet harvest - discussion
photosynthesis making?" "What are the their locations. photosynthesis - give questions regarding plants
4) Knows what leftover materials after
happens after they have made their
students freedom to and their economic
Students will measure the
WORK SESSION: photosynthesis food?" What do plants decide type of model impact in regions across
amount of water
(Teacher Mini- takes place have to be able to do in (diagram, flow map, etc.) the U.S.
order to harness all of collected from each bag
Lesson, Student
these materials?" "What and compare their
Work Session, Student teams will read
has to happen after they
etc.) results. about sugar beet anatomy
https://newsela.com/artic make their food?"
EdPuzzle video questions: and the unique storage
les/overview-solar- The teacher will Discussion: How could Vascular Plants process after
energy/id/21123/ set up transpiration bags you possibly explain (consolidating information photosynthesis - Calvin
with students and celery
these results? gleaned from the
Students will read about stalk experiments to Cycle discussion
solar energy and solar observe the movement of Transpiration bag activity)
water through the stomata questions.
panels. in the following days.
Students will be probed Student teams will graph
What could improve the with questions about water CO2 levels over a year and
design of solar panels in movement and the
purpose of stomata in
connect this to the sugar
the future? plants. "What do you think
will happen in these
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Content: Biology Unit Title: Photosynthesis and Respiration

(Differentiated by Lexile) experiments and beet harvest and carbon

why?"http://shawmst.org/b
cycle.
iology/activity/celery-lab/

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water-collection/

Pre-assessment on Google Students will write their Students will be prepped Students will receive Student teams will create
for the following lesson on index cards with a visual model of the parts
Classroom: predictions for the lab in
respiration with discussion vocabulary terms from of photosynthesis using
their notebooks, citing concerning the leaves that
http://www.proprofs.co did not change color (left the unit. On the back of poster paper.
evidence from
m/quiz- in darkness) in contrast each index card, students
CLOSING: experience.
with the leaves that did will write a definition in
(Ticket-Out-The- school/story.php?title=h
(left in sunlight). "Where their own words from
Door, Think-Pair- ow-do-plants-produce- do we get our energy?" memory. Students will
Share, etc.) food-photosynthesis- "What is the main source
partner off and guess
of energy for all things on
practice-test Earth?" words based on
definitions and trade
cards for 5 minutes.

Homework