Cell Processes for Energy

This unit focuses on the cellular processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Students compare the reactants and products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Students compare the processes in terms of energy, energy conversions, and matter. Students identify and investigate the role of enzymes as they relate to photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Students compare the functions of different types of biomolecules involved in the cellular processes for energy.

1. See me for a copy of the fill-in notes over the biomolecules.

2. Watch the Amoeba sisters video on biomolecules and complete the fill-in notes.

biochemistry concept map

ASSIGNMENT:

1) Get a copy of the biochemistry concept map from me and use the word bank below the map to fill in the blank bubbles.

ASSIGNMENT:

1) See me for the fill-in notes that go along with the video.

2) Watch the video and complete the fill-in notes on enzymes.

ASSIGNMENT:

1. Use the link above to complete a virtual lab looking at enzyme activity.

2. The instructions for the activity are on the left side of the screen.

3. Get a copy of the data table for the lab from me.

4. Fill in the data table with the data from the lab, and answer the journal questions (there is a journal icon, it looks like a clipboard) using complete sentences.

ASSIGNMENT: Watch the video on photosynthesis.

1. Create a bubble map listing the characteristics of the process of photosynthesis.

2. Then, watch the video on cellular respiration and create a bubble map looking at the characteristics of cellular respiration.

** Be sure to include the location, reactants and products of each reaction (with a drawing of ATP!) and the reason cells do them.

3. Finally, create a double-bubble map comparing and contrasting photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Share your map with a neighbor. Add anything they had on their map that you may have left off of your map.

ASSIGNMENT: Get a copy of the equation manipulatives from me. Arrange them to show the equation for photosynthesis. Next, arrange them to show the equation for cellular respiration. Be able to describe which are the reactants and which are the products for each equation. Then, label the ATP molecule using a dry erase marker.

https://www.classzone.com/books/hs/ca/sc/bio_07/virtual_labs/virtualLabs.html Open the link and complete the virtual lab. Select the "carbon transfer through snail and elodea" lab. Listen to the instructions and complete the lab. The lab notebook at the top right of the screen can help you with assembling your data table and making your prediction.

As you complete the virtual lab, use complete sentences to write the following:

  • The purpose "The purpose of the experiment is to..."
  • Your hypothesis/prediction "I predict that ...."
  • The procedure used "First....Then....Next..."
  • The data (use ruler for your data table and/or graph)
  • Conclusion "From this experiment, I learned that..."

ASSIGNMENT: Watch one of the videos above on respiration.

1. Create a double-bubble map comparing and contrasting aerobic and anaerobic processes cells use to make ATP. Be sure to include the differences and similarities in the reactants and products of each.

Include the terms:

  • oxygen
  • 36 ATP
  • 2 ATP
  • Cytpolasm
  • Mitochondria
  • glycolysis
  • lactic acid fermentation
  • alcoholic fermentation
  • cellular respiration

ASSIGNMENT:

1. Watch the videos above on enzymes involved in photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

2. Write 3-5 sentences summarizing the role of enzymes in these processes, including how conditions such as temperature effect enzyme activity.

ASSIGNMENT: Watch the video on the sugar yeast experiment.

1. Research anaerobic respiration and describe the process that is happening as the yeast inflate the balloon.

2. Then, looking at the materials available, write a prediction about which balloon you think will have the largest circumference if you were to do your own version of the sugar yeast experiment.

"I predict that the yeast placed in a container with ______________ will produce the most carbon dioxide and inflate the balloon the most".

Write a procedure for how you will test this. Show me your prediction and procedure and you may do the lab, collect data and draw your conclusion. You should include a data table with your results and 3-5 complete sentence summary.

ASSIGNMENT: Compare and contrast photosynthesis and respiration, including aerobic and anaerobic respiration, by constructing an illustration comparing the energy and matter flow in each process. Write a summary describing the illustration and comparisons.

You are ready for your unit test. Done early? Great! Create a model of a macromolecule OR create a model of an enzyme-substrate complex.