Topics in this unit include:

-leaf structure and pigments

-chloroplast structure

-process of photosynthesis

-mitochondria structure

-process of cellular respiration

    -aerobic cellular respiration

    -anaerobic cellular respiration and fermentation

-connection of photosynthesis and cellular respiration

Essential Questions

• 1. How does cellular respiration create energy for the cell?

  2. How do the products and reactants of each step in cellular respiration relate to the other steps?

  3. How does the cell determine which pathway to take after glycolysis during cellular respiration?

  4. How do plastid, like mitochondria and chloroplast,  help with cellular respiration and photosynthesis?

  5. How do plants create food using photosynthesis?

  6. How is photosynthesis and cellular respiration connected?

  7. How can the rates of cellular respiration and photosynthesis be altered?

  8. How does ATP drive chemical reactions?

Learning Targets

Learning Target #1:  We will  compare and contrast the terms aerobic and anaerobic.

Learning Target #2:  We will describe the overall purpose of cellular respiration,  the products and reactants, other key energy molecules, and transformation of energy that occurs.

Learning Target #3:  We will describe the parts of a mitochondrion.

Learning Target #4:  We will describe the locations, parts, and purpose of glycolysis.

Learning Target #5:  We will determine how the steps of glycolysis give rise to the products of glycolysis and the overall purpose of glycolysis.

Learning Target #6:  We will describe the locations, parts, and purpose of the Krebs Cycle.

Learning Target #7:  We will describe the locations, parts, and purpose of the Oxidative Phosphorylation.

Learning Target #8:  We will explain the importance of oxygen in oxidative phosphorylation.

Learning Target #9:  We will interpret and label diagrams to show the process and connections between the various stages of aerobic cellular respiration.

Learning Target #10:  We will analyze diagrams and explain how concentration gradients and types of transport contribute to the production of ATP during oxidative phosphorylation.

Learning Target #11: We will predict how exercise affects the rate of cellular respiration.  

Learning Target #12: We will predict how factors like chemicals and inhibitors affect the rate and outcomes of cellular respiration.

Learning Target #13:  We will describe the overall purpose of anaerobic cellular respiration,  the products and reactants, other key energy molecules, and transformation of energy that occurs.

Learning Target #14:  We will compare and contrast lactic acid and ethyl alcohol fermentation.

Learning Target #15:  We will interpret data to determine how strenuous exercise affects the type of cellular respiration occurring in the body.

Learning Target #16:  We will describe the overall products,  reactants, and stages needed for photosynthesis

Learning Target #17:  We will describe the parts of the chloroplast and how they relate to the steps of photosynthesis.

Learning Target #18:  We will describe the structure and function of a leaf.

Learning Target #19:  We will describe the role of pigments in photosynthesis.

Learning Target #20:  We will describe the different types of pigments found in plants and type of light that they absorb.

Learning Target #21:  We will predict and explain changes in pigments based on differences in the amount of sunlight during the year.

Learning Target #22:  We will describe the reactants, products, purpose, and steps of the light reactions of photosynthesis.

Learning Target #23:  We will describe the reactants, products, purpose, and steps of the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis.

Learning Target #23:  We will describe alternative methods of photosynthesis due to environmental conditions

Learning Target #24:  We will analyze the connections between the different parts of photosynthesis.

Learning Target #25:  We will analyze diagrams and explain how concentration gradients and types of transport contribute to the production of ATP during the light reactions.

Learning Target #26:  We will evaluate environmental conditions and their effects on the rate of photosynthesis.