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Unit Plan
Slideshow:
Photosynthesis
TED-Ed Lesson:
The Story of Photosynthesis and Food
TED-Ed Lesson:
Photosynthesis: Light-dependent and Light-independent Reactions
Photosynthesis
For Dummies:
How Plants Acquire Their Energy
For Dummies:
How Plants Send Sugars from Sources to Sinks
For Dummies:
Espresso for Cells -- ATP and Energy
Chemistry for Biologists: Photosynthesis
Encyclopedia of Earth:
Photosynthesis
How Does Photosynthesis Work?
Scitable:
The Ecology of Photosynthetic Pathways
Online Module
Book:
A Leaf in Time
Interactive
What is Photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Shuffle
C3, C4, and CAM Plants
Photosynthesis BioCoach
Labeling Game
Light Reaction Tutorial
Calvin Cycle Tutorial
Nova: Illuminating Photosynthesis Molecular Tutorial
Molecular Rearrangement of Photosynthesis Click-Through
Reactions of Photosynthesis Tutorial
Quick ATP Synthase Animation
Quick Light-Dependent Reaction Animation
Detailed Click-Through Photosynthesis Tutorial
Photosynthesis Diagram
Leaf Structure and Photosynthesis
History of Photosynthesis Discoveries
Step Through Photosynthesis Tutorial
The Source of the Oxygen Produced by Photosynthesis
Tutorial
Photophosphorylation
Tutorial
Tracing the Pathway of CO2
Tutorial
Basic Photosynthesis Tutorial
Video
BBC Nature: Photosynthesis at Work
Photosynthesis The Movie
Crash Course Biology: Photosynthesis
(13:15)
Crash Course Biology: Plant Cells
(10:28)
SciShow:
3 Amazing Photosynthetic Animals
(3:54)
NSF Chemistry of Green: Chlorophyll
NSF Chemistry of Color: Flowers
NSF Chemistry of Changing Leaves
SciShow:
Why Do Leaves Change Color and Fall?
(2:11)
Why Leaves Change Color
: Untamed Science (3:10)
Photosynthesis and van Helmont's Experiment
Photosynthesis Explained in Terms of Football
Light-Dependent Reactions
Photosynthesis: Light-Dependent
Photosynthesis: Light-Independent
Electron Transport & ATP Synthesis
Photosystems & ATP Synthesis
SciShow: Three Amazing Photosynthetic Animals
Bozeman Science:
Photosynthesis
A Tree in the Sun: Visualizing Photosynthesis
Tour of a Plant Cell
Veritasium:
Where Do Trees Get Their Mass From?
(4:09)
SciShow:
Darwin's Darlings: Meat-Eating Plants
(3:40)
Photosynthesis: Light reaction, Calvin cycle, Electron Transport [3D Animation]
(7:25)
Photosynthesis Rap
TED Ed:
Nature's smallest factory: The Calvin cycle - Cathy Symington
(5:38)
KQED:
Predatory Plants: Lure of the Cobra Lily
(5:34)
Virtual Labs
What colors of the light spectrum cause the most plant growth?
The effect of light intensity and wavelength on ATP production
Chromatography and spectrophotometry in photosynthesis
The effects of heat and light on photosynthesis
Plant Transpiration - What factor affects the transpiration rate in plants?
Plant Transpiration - How do different environmental conditions affect the rate of transpiration?
FYI
Why Study Photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis Comic: "Gimme Some Sugar"
Scitable:
Volvox, Chlamydomonas, and the Evolution of Multicellularity
"The Early Atmosphere" from
A History of Earth in 100 Groundbreaking Discoveries
Page 1
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News & Articles
BBC:
Will We Ever… Photosynthesize Like Plants?
9/7/2012
BBC:
Oldest Evidence of Photosynthesis
12/17/2003
Time:
How an Artificial Leaf Could Boost Solar Power
9/29/2011
Smithsonian:
How Did Plants Develop Photosynthesis?
3/2013
Visual Science:
Some Plants Are Sugar Junkies
3/20/2013
BBC Radio 4:
Artificial Photosynthesis
(29:00)
Science Friday:
Growing The Technology For Artificial Leaves
(audio; April 8, 2011)
The Scientist:
Steal My Sunshine: How photosynthetic organisms get taken up, passed around, and discarded throughout the eukaryotic domain
1/1/2013