Unit Cell Energetics
8 Days
Enduring Understanding: The processes that occur at the cellular level provide the energy and basic structure
organisms need to survive.
Standard 18: Matter and Energy Transformations (Pacing: 8 days)
A. All living things are composed of four basic categories of macromolecules and share the same basic needs for life.
B. Living organisms acquire the energy they need for life processes through various metabolic pathways (primarily photosynthesis and cellular
respiration).
C. Chemical reactions in living things follow basic rules of chemistry and are usually regulated by enzymes.
D. The unique chemical properties of carbon and water make life on Earth possible.
Essential Question
How do plants use sunlight to make food?
(Pacing: 2 days)
Essential Question
How do living things release the energy
from food to grow and reproduce?
(Pacing:2 days)
SSS
State Benchmarks
SC.912.L.18.7
Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of photosynthesis.
 Students will be able to explain the purpose of photosynthesis.
 Students will recognize the reactants and products of photosynthesis.
 Students will describe chloroplasts as cell organelles responsible for capturing and
converting light energy to chemical energy.
NOTE: Assessment items will not require the memorization of the stages, specific events, or
intermediate molecules produced during these processes.
SSS
SC.912.L.18.8
Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration.
 Students will be able to describe the purpose of respiration.
 Students will recognize the reactants and products of respiration.
 Students will identify mitochondria as cell organelles involved in cell respiration.
 Students will identify the basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
NOTE: Assessment items will not require the memorization of the stages, specific events, or
intermediate molecules produced during these processes.
Unit Cell Energetics (Continued)
8 Days
Enduring Understanding: The processes that occur at the cellular level provide the energy and basic structure
organisms need to survive.
Standard 18: Matter and Energy Transformations (Pacing: 8 days)
A. All living things are composed of four basic categories of macromolecules and share the same basic needs for life.
B. Living organisms acquire the energy they need for life processes through various metabolic pathways (primarily photosynthesis and cellular
respiration).
C. Chemical reactions in living things follow basic rules of chemistry and are usually regulated by enzymes.
D. The unique chemical properties of carbon and water make life on Earth possible.
Essential Question
How does respiration differ from
photosynthesis? (Pacing: 1.5 day)
SSS
SC.912.L.18.9
Explain the interrelated nature of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
 Students will understand that the products of one reaction are the reactants of the other.
 Students will compare the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration (energy
transformed and stored; energy transformed and released).
Essential Question
What is the role of ATP in cellular
activities? (Pacing: 1.5 day)
SSS
SC.912.L.18.10
Connect the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to energy transfers within a cell.
 Students will recognize the role of ATP in cellular activities, such as photosynthesis and
respiration.
o ATP stores and releases energy in cells.
o The energy that ATP provides is stored in its chemical bonds.
Unit: Cells Energetics (Resources)
Recall Reference Points
(relevant elementary & middle grade
benchmarks)
Describe and investigate the process of photosynthesis, such as
the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water and chlorophyll; production of food;
release of oxygen.
SC.8.L.18.1 -
- Describe and investigate how cellular respiration breaks down food
to provide energy and releases carbon dioxide.
SC.8.L.18.2
NOTE: However, the Benchmarks covered in this unit require prerequisite knowledge of the
following NGSSS from lower grades: SC.6.E.7.4.
Textbook
FCIM Lessons
Labs
Demos
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PH Biology - Chapters 8 and 9
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L.18.5 (ATP)
L.18.7 (Photosynthesis)
L.18.6 (Anaerobic Respiration)
L.18.8 (Cell Respiration)
Labs (From Internet Sources)
 http://science-class.net/Biology/Photosynthesis.htm
 http://www.nclark.net/PhotoRespiration
 http://science-class.net/Lessons/Photosynthesis_Cell_Resp/photosynthesis_elodea.pdf
Labs ( from PH Biology Textbook)
 TE: Quick Lab P. 206 "What Material is Produced during Photosynthesis"
 TE: Quick Lab P. 231 "How Does Exercise Affect Disposal of Waste From Cellular
Respiration"
 TE: Analyzing Data P. 213 "Rate of Photosynthesis"
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TE: Demo P. 226 "Kreb's cycle" (PH Biology Textbook)
http://chem.lapeer.org/Bio1Docs/PhotoLab.html
http://science-class.net/Biology/Photosynthesis.htm
Gizmos
www.explorelearning.com
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Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
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http://science.pppst.com/biology.html
http://www.copernicusproject.ucr.edu/ssi/
HSBiologyResources.htm
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOK/
BiobookPS.html
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/Bio104/photosyn.htm
http://plants.pppst.com/photosynthesis.html
http://biology.clc.us.edu/courses/bio104/cellresp.htm
Science-class.net
Jeopardy game: http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/Common/respiration.html
Science/Biology?BIO0202.html
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/atp/index.html
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf
http://w3.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/08/ch8c1.html
http://sun.sunyrockland.edu/Members/kbaker/photo.ppt
http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter10/animations.
html#
Websites
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Lessons
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Powerpoint: ISI Lecture 21: Chemical Energy and ATP
http://plants.pppst.com/photosynthesis.html
http://plants.pppst.com/photosynthesis.html
Powerpoint: http://sun.sunyrockland.edu/~kbaker/photo.ppt
http://www.ftexploring.com/photosyn/chloroplast.html