Photosynthesis can be so difficult for students to understand. Engage your middle and high school students with this activity-packed resource that includes an overview of photosynthesis and practice with experimental design. Why do leaves look green? Why do leaves change color? What happens inside a chloroplast? This complete unit is designed to be an introductory lesson for secondary science students.

What's included:

• Agree-Disagree formative assessment
• Editable PowerPoint with student follow-sheet on the processes and structures of photosynthesis
• Rate of photosynthesis self-designed investigation using an on-line simulation with a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning conclusion: no prep, no mess!
• Leaf chromatography lab using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials
• Student-made chloroplast models
• Fun self-checking PowerPoint Search and Reveal Game (students must have PowerPoint on their device to play, or project and play as a class)
• Editable written assessment with answer key

Concepts and skills

• Energy transformation
• Photosynthesis inputs and outputs
• Light-dependent and light-independent reactions overview
• Visible light and pigments - why do leaves look green?
• Chloroplast structure
• History of science: experiments to understand photosynthesis
• Experimental design
• Arguing from evidence

This resource is a great start for a deeper dive into photosynthesis or the carbon cycle. NGSS aligned, 60 pages of materials in Zip-Drive format, download and go!

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• This resource on photosynthesis and the food web
• For more on the carbon cycle, try this resource
• For more on energy transformations, try these activities.

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