Name Date Period

PhotosynthesisPerformance
TaskDirections
1.Complete“NaturesFoodFactory”fordetailsontheexactorderof
photosynthesis.Thisexactordermustbefollowedontheactual
performancetask.

2.Taketheplainwhitepaperandfoldit2timestomake8totalboxes(4on
thefront,4ontheback)

3.Inbox#1‐NameandIntroductions

4.Therestoftheboxesmustcontaintheorderofphotosynthesisthatincludes
adetailedsummaryandpictureswithlabelsforeachstep.

Box#2‐Beginwithwaterbeingabsorbedbytheroots
Box#3‐Next,CarbonDioxideenteringtheleaf
Box#4‐Energyfromthesunbeingtrappedinsidetheleaf
Box#5‐Photosynthesistakingplaceintheleaf
(specificallythepalisadeandspongycelllayersoftheleaf)
Box#6‐Thefood(glucose)beingtransported
throughouttheplantinthephloemtubes
Box#7‐Oxygenbeingreleasedbackintotheair
Box#8‐Thisisanextraboxtobeusedasneeded.

**Eachoftheseboxesagainmusthavedetaileddescriptionsofwhereandhow
thingshappenduringeachstepofphotosynthesis.Eachpicturemustbecolored
accurately.DONOTuseasharpieoranyothermarkerasthecolorwillbleedthroughto
theotherside.