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Biology (SCP) 512
Unit 4 - Life's Energy Systems
TIME FRAME: 2 weeks
GRADE: 10
CONTACT:
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07.0 SCIENCE
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30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE
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What is the living systems ultimate energy source; or, what is the cell's "energy currency"?
What are the processes by which the photosynthetic mechanism converts light energy into usable chemical energy?
What are the processes by which the cellular respiratory mechanism converts the chemical bond energy of simple sugars into the cell's energy currency, ATP?
What are some of the factors that could affect these energy processes?
1. Energy and the Laws of Thermodynamics (emphasis on light to chemical energy transformations)
2. Photosynthetic system (chloroplast structure/function)
3. General equation (recognize reactants and products)
4. Light dependent and light independent reactions with emphasis on reactants and products for each of these stages
5. Cell respiratory system (mitochondria structure/function)
6. General equation (recognize reactants and products)
7. Anaerobic and aeorbic reactions with emphasis on reactants and products for each of these stages. Special attention to ATP production
8. Respiratory process involves multiple alternative pathways including fermentation
Students will develop the ability to:
1. Recognize the significance of energy storage within chemical bonds for living systems
2. Identify reactants/products of photosynthesis
3. Develop the logic of light E to chemical E conversion within photosythesis
4. Account for the role of light, water, and carbon dioxide in the photosynthetic process
5. Identify reactants/products of cellular respiration
6. Develop the logic of converting food (glucose) chem. bond energy into the readily available chemical energy of ATP
7. Account for the role of oxygen in the respiratory process
1. Experimentation of factors affecting cellular respiration (pH, temperature, sugar type)
2. The construction of food calorimeter to quantify energy storage in foods
3. Plant pigment analysis
Objective/Subjective testing (50:50 ratio)
Laboratory experiences:
Factors influencing rate of cellular respiration
Food Calorimeter
Cooperative activities
Class discussions