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Reference:
Test reference sheet for Photosynthesis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MM5EAJ7PIhKdgY7Md6znSWvZwIYa5AbGUfr7FifcVlY/edit?usp=sharing
Photosynthesis note filled in: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xj_33q_36EiwJz7Q9UWnvTBDR2ssaNRf/view?usp=sharing
Updated textbook solutions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16HjnzB9UUN_jssTPvW4x1H0f2r8qYONp?usp=sharing
Monday March 25
Watch video: Amoeba Sisters Photosynthesis 6 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMiPYHNNg28
Please read 5.1 - Photosynthesis: An Introduction
Answer questions 1-8 on page 219.
Optional Resources:
Plant Pigments video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VxeqgXa02c
Extra: 3 major classes of pigments in photosynthesis - 6 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n6W-mJ6xgI
Image of NAD+ and NADP+: https://employees.csbsju.edu/cschaller/Reactivity/photosynth/NADHNADPH.png
Tuesday March 26
Discuss yesterday's reading and homework.
Please watch: Photosynthesis Mr. Anderson 12 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78utcLQrJ4&t=627s
Please read half of chapter 5.2 - Pathways of Photosynthesis - Page 220-225 which deal with the light-dependent reaction. We can stop without reading "The Light-Independent Reactions"
Please answer the questions 1-6.
Wednesday March 27
Please watch:
TED 5 min Calvin cycle - 1 cycle or 3 cycles per G3P? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UzMaoaXKaM
Travel inside a leaf -3min : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwymX2LxnQs
Lesson on the electron transport chain portion, written on our notes page.
Finish reading chapter 5.2 page 226-228
Answer questions 8-10
Prepare for a possible quiz tomorrow on 5.1 and 5.2 (not graded). This quiz is important for us to see how you've been doing with these two chapters on your own.
Thursday March 28
Return unit tests
Case study: Photosynthesis GIZMO
Tuesday April 2
Unit test Tuesday April 8
Lesson of the steps of photosynthesis so far
5.1 and 5.2 formative quiz (not graded). You can do it multiple times.
Questions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AhJR126B4Jv3WFh3ELMfEmE3p6nC1Ksk/view?usp=sharing
Answer form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8COj1FEWgnYTYRh9n-eTFwOxfKapNn50jsf_QxRpoWUGDQQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Can animals photosynthesize? Sea slugs 2 min : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8JI9CJEEyY
5.6 - A comparison of cellular respiration and photosynthesis
Complete all questions after chapter 5.6
Wednesday April 3
Return MC from unit test
Review of photosynthesis:
About the test: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f0H8CQI9LeZvMlMrQOsbAlqZEyv5eZORAKyM3K-QPVo/edit?usp=sharing
Kahoot 23 questions Questions 21-25 are from the chapter on C4 plants that we did not study. https://create.kahoot.it/details/fc764388-dba6-451c-9591-41ed26baf78e
Go over figures in chapter 5.6
Some Practice multiple choice questions (skip 7 - we didn't talk about null-hypothesis): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fR8W6LcSixl9FxL3T37FypaK-I2FXbwH/view?usp=sharing
Practice quiz answer form to see if you are right: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemrL1OwHePjoAFBgm4urHuZ1mBtkVEiFFjCbXd4jHydsgC-Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
Answers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eT_pRNjuvCRGSrUQqu77K8n5A_BYpqtS/view?usp=sharing
Chapter 5 self test and review questions at end of textbook chapter (page 245-251).
Optional videos:
C3 vs C4 plants (14 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_JU9vYd5O0&t=0s
hhmi video on photosynthesis: https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/photosynthesis/?_ga=2.117456843.395697663.1553971239-1395169671.1553971239
Plan your experiment for tomorrow
Thursday April 4
*Missing MC*
Conduct photosynthesis lab
Photosynthesis Lab
Distance from light source is critical. It must be the same for all replicates. Carbon vs tap water vs spring water, carbon source, tunable lights, all the grow lights in the school, outside
Video procedure: Photosynthesis Lab Walkthrough YouTube video 6 minutes
Student results from past classes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EuUVb-ZyVnUeUvw0JLsYM7xnt-7h5jyWbQChPCkySzQ/edit?usp=sharing
Lab Report Instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OLU0nHNqW0wgLIl_5_bJ89BXP9-BNfGXMemgz18FQk/edit?usp=sharing
Student example from September 2021 AP (their instructions may have been slightly different). Not necessarily perfect: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fWP51Gp4JDvouvNGH3dtBYhoz3jDlaMA8WDdGi8XK10/edit?usp=sharing
Another example from Spring 2022 - not necessarily perfect, and their instructions may have been different:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YQNUPkmG8Td9Jz1jkc0GkkKv75qTPVlxR9WG1OnBJ60/edit?usp=sharing
For reference only, here are good lab instructions from another class (but not the instructions used in our class): https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/3/1009/files/2015/09/Floating-Leaf-Disk-Brad-Williamson.pdf
For AP students including error bars - Video about including error bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zKcSoYMq0
Note to teacher: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wyozHILJUHJLHssoLwyQUGIVU60SpDhnWYmegI3eQ7c/edit?usp=sharing
Learning skills self-assessment: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeBGxvF7tpaeiNY3euqw9v_v022XQWivpbrX73WNRi8_slEg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Friday April 5
Prepare for Tuesday's test and
Analyse photosynthesis lab
Period 4 class is in the cafeteria
Tuesday April 9
Unit Test
Optional Videos:
Plant Pigments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VxeqgXa02c
Extra: 3 major classes of pigments in photosynthesis - 6 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n6W-mJ6xgI
Plant Pigments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VxeqgXa02c
NAD+ and NADP+: https://employees.csbsju.edu/cschaller/Reactivity/photosynth/NADHNADPH.png
BBC Documentary 58 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMNig0Cz04
Optional for interest: non-green photosynthesizers: http://arcana.wikidot.com/non-green-photosynthesizers#:~:text=Another%20purple%20option%20is%20bacteriochlorophyll,makes%20'purple%20bacteria'%20purple.
Photosynthesizing sea slugs : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8JI9CJEEyY
Lab activity: leaf chromatography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-AJDqsSII
Notes to teacher
Photosynthesis DPIP Lab:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXXQ9opyVQ
Some instructions:
https://silo.tips/download/plant-pigments-and-photosynthesis
http://www.thebioedge.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/13289818/plant_pigments__photosynthesis.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j56Q8NjP9FCD91tDeRJ5rI70UKuYID1q/view?usp=sharing
My own notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pt8M8vWs4M3fb_e4pXmK5pWHHKCEkk7A3UZYPJE7yyw/edit?usp=sharing
C4 and CAM plants: 12 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq38MpYOb8w
Alternate Methods of Carbon Fixation 5.4
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m30Ziu5a040BhJGmZGaq14s6mC08MqnE-Gb2w-g3f20/edit?usp=sharing
Reac chapter 5.4 and answer questions (1-9)