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Course, Subject

Biology/Living Environment, Math, Science & Technology

Goals

To teach students the process and importance of photosynthesis, as well as the necessity of plant reproduction to sustain life.

Description

Photosynthesis, including anatomy of the leaf and the basics of the equation, will be discussed. Basic plant parts for reproduction including methods of pollen transfer are included. SMART Board resources, as well as Unitedstreaming, will be utilized.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Identify layers of the leaf associated with photosynthesis
• Complete the word and/or chemical equation for photosynthesis
• Label the reproductive organs of flowers
• Understand the various methods

Materials

• SMART Board
• LCD projector
• Internet
• Unitedstreaming access
• student copies of any slides of the presentation, as deemed appropriate by the instructor

plant parts.notebook

plant parts.pdf

Introduction

Students should be familiar with the basics of photosynthesis, including the terms:

• Stomate
• Air space
• Chloroplast
• Palisade layer
• Spongy layer
• Guard cells
• Cuticle
• Veins
• Glucose
• Chlorophyll

Development

Students will be led through the presentation, which is a gradual progression from leaf and stem to a guided review of the parts of the leaf involved in photosynthesis. A brief video will ensue, followed by an exercise using the Magic Eraser of the SMART Board to review leaf parts. Then, a visual of the process of photosynthesis will be examined. Parts of the flower will be discussed. Then male and female parts elaborated upon, as well as pollination and the creation of a new organism.

Evaluation

Students will be holistically evaluated, as judged by their participation in filling in the parts of the leaf, equation for photosynthesis, and reproductive organs.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.HS.LS.1.2 Students who demonstrate understanding can develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.

S.HS.LS.1.5 Students who demonstrate understanding can use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.

S.HS.LS.1.7  Use a model to illustrate that aerobic cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.

S.HS.LS.2.5 Students who demonstrate understanding can develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

MST4.C.LE.LE.2.1 Students explain how the structure and replication of genetic material result in offspring that resemble their parents.

MST4.C.LE.LE.4.1 Students explain how organisms, including humans, reproduce their own kind.

MST4.C.LE.LE.5.3 Students relate processes at the system level to the cellular level in order to explain dynamic equilibrium in multicelled organisms.