Overall Integrated Unit Plan
Unit: Photosynthesis
Focus:(The Big Picture)
Student: Nikkita Keelen
Essential Questions:
How significant is photosynthesis to life on Earth?
What components must be present in order for photosynthesis to be carried out?
What are the cycles involved in photosynthesis?
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Instructional Activities Outline
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Resources
Determining why plants undergo
photosynthesis
Determining when plants undergo
photosynthesis
Research and discuss the process of
photosynthesis
Research and discuss the importance of
photosynthesis to life on earth
Studying the cycles involved in photosynthesis
Studying the chemical reactions of
photosynthesis
Studying energy involved in the process of
photosynthesis
Studying and discussing the products of
photosynthesis
Discussing the by – products of photosynthesis
Study and discuss the importance of CO2 and
H2O to photosynthesis
Take field trip to a greenhouse (to be
determined)
Conduct laboratory experiments on
photosynthesis
Studying the role of the sun in the
photosynthetic process.
Chemistry, Biology, Science and Physics textbooks
http://www.photoscience.la.asu.edu/photsyn
http://www.gened.enc.maricopa.edu/bio
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/ispr
Culminating Products, Projects, Exhibitions
Group or individual research products on
photosynthesis, the cycles involved, the products and the
importance of photosynthesis to life on Earth.
Laboratory reports and scientific investigations
Journal or log kept daily to reflect new information or
insight gained.
Rubrics for Assessment
Florida Writes
Rubrics for content Standards
Classification, Experimental Inquiry, Information
Gathering, Decision Making, Deductive Reasoning,
Inductive Reasoning and Investigations Rubrics
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Subject Area: Biology
Student: Nikkita Keelen
Subject Area Tool Guide
Unit: Photosynthesis
Sunshine State Benchmark Codes
SC.D.2.4.1
SC.F.1.4.5
SC.F.1.4.2
SC.H.1.4.1
SC.F.1.4.3
SC.F.1.4.7
SC.F.1.4.1
SC.H.1.4.7
Thinking Skills and Habits of Mind
Listing
Identifying
Summarizing
Classifying
Assessing
Organizing
Formulating
Generating
Evaluating
Discuss the importance of Photosynthesis to life on Earth
Purpose
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Discuss the necessary components of photosynthesis
Discuss the products of photosynthesis
Content Activities
Instructional Strategies
Determine the biological processes of
1. Library and internet research
photosynthesis
2. Group and/or individual projects
List the components that need to be
3. Large group/small group discussions
present in order for photosynthesis to
4. Discussions with resource people from
be carried out
FAMU’s biology department
Determine the importance of
5. Field trip to a green house (site to be
photosynthesis to life on Earth
determined)
Construct a concept map on the process
of photosynthesis
Determine when photosynthesis occurs
in plants
Subject Area: Chemistry
Student: Nikkita Keelen
Subject Area Tool Guide
Unit: Photosynthesis
Sunshine State Benchmark Codes
SC.F.1.4.1
SC.A.1.4.1
SC.A.1.4.3
SC.H.1.4.7
SC.F.1.4.6
SC.G.1.4.3
SC.H.1.4.1
SC.H.3.4.3
Thinking Skills and Habits of Mind
Assessing
Summarizing
Differentiating
Distinguishing
Interpreting
Analyzing
Categorizing
Organizing
Determine the chemical processes involved in photosynthesis
Purpose
Determine the role of the H2O and CO2 molecules in the process
Explain and discuss the cycles involved in photosynthesis and the
products of these cycles
Content Activities
6. Explain the Calvin cycle and briefly
discuss the production of ATP
7. Research and discuss the products of
photosynthesis
8. Discuss O2 as a by – product of
photosynthesis and its importance to
life on Earth
9. Explain the importance of the
molecules CO2 and H2O to the process
of photosynthesis
Instructional Strategies
6. Small/large group discussions
7. Individual/small group projects
8. Individual/small group research
9. Laboratory experiments
10. Discussions with resource people from
TCC”s chemistry department
11. Individual/group reports
12. Library and internet research
Subject Area: Physics
Student: Nikkita Keelen
Subject Area Tool Guide
Unit: Photosynthesis
Sunshine State Benchmark Codes
SC.A.1.4.1
SC.A.1.4.4
SC.A.2.4.4
SC.B.1.4.1
SC.B.1.4.2
SC.B.1.4.7
SC.F.1.4.4
SC.G.1.4.2
SC.H.1.4.1
SC.H.2.4.1
SC.H.2.4.2
Thinking Skills and Habits of Mind
Measuring
Comparing and contrasting
Formulating
Generating
Solving
Assessing
Analyzing
Identifying
Determine the role of the sun in the process of photosynthesis
Purpose
Explain and apply the information related to the behavior of the sun
in the context of energy transferred or released or the energy
requirements for a process to take place
Understand that energy is released during photosynthesis and that
some is released in the unusable form of heat
Content Activities
10. Determine how plants absorb the
radiant energy of the sun
11. Research other types of energy
involved in the photosynthetic process
12. Calculate how much usable energy a
plant normally generates during the
photosynthetic process as well as how
much is released in the unusable form
of heat as a product.
Instructional Strategies
13. Small group/large group activities
14. Individual/small group investigations
15. Large/small group brainstorming
16. Laboratory experiments
17. Discussions with resource people from
FSU’s physics department
18. Library and internet research
19. Small group/individual problem solving