Name:___________________________________
Date:____________
Period:______
Activity: Illuminating Photosynthesis
Directions: Choose one method below and follow the directions.
Using Laminated Cards
 Lay out the laminated cards #1-12 in order on your desk.
 Read each card as you would a rhyming poem, analyze the pictures,
and answer the questions below.
OR
Using Online Module
 Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/photosynthesis.html.
 Once at the site, click on the button titled “Launch Interactive.”
 Complete the online module reading the text as a rhyming poem, watching the animations, and
answering the questions.
Card #1/Introduction Illuminating Photosynthesis
1. What do plants create in the process of photosynthesis? ________________________
2. Online ONLY – Click the button titled “Atomic Shuffle” and continue answering below.
Card #2/Screen 2
3. What is the first ingredient for photosynthesis? ____________________________
Card #3/Screen 3
4. Where does the plant get the water it needs for photosynthesis? ______________________________
5. Look at the picture, what is the chemical formula for water? ________
Card #4/Screen 4
6. What gas does the plant release during photosynthesis? _______________________
7. Look at the picture, what is the chemical formula for this gas? _________
Card #5/Screen 5
8. What gas does the plant take in during photosynthesis? _______________________
9. How does this gas enter the plant? ________________________________________
10. Where does this gas come from (exhaled by who)? _________________________________________
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Card #6/Screen 6
11. How does the carbon dioxide change during this step? _____________________________________
Card #7/Screen 7
12. What is the final product of photosynthesis that the plant keeps for itself? _____________________
13. Look at the picture and try to figure out the chemical formula for this product. ___________________
Card #8/Screen 8
14. What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis? Write it on the line below.
____________________________________________________________________________________
15. Online ONLY – Click the button titled “Three Puzzlers” and continue answering below.
Card #9/Puzzler 1
16. What do you think the answer is to Puzzler 1? Write yes or no on the line. _____________
17. Summarize the correct answer (found on back of card or next screen) using no more than 2 sentences.
____________________________________________________________________________________
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Card #10/Puzzler 2
18. What do you think the answer is to Puzzler 2? Write yes or no on the line. _____________
19. Summarize the correct answer (found on back of card or next screen) using no more than 2 sentences.
____________________________________________________________________________________
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Card #11/Puzzler 3
20. What do you think the answer is to Puzzler 3? Write yes or no on the line. _____________
21. Summarize the correct answer (found on back of card or next screen) using no more than 2 sentences.
____________________________________________________________________________________
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22. Online ONLY – Click the button titled “The Cycle.” Follow the screen directions and answer below.
Card #12/The Cycle
23. Look at colored molecules on the card or computer screen. Describe where each molecule will fly.
This shows the relationship between plants (producers) and humans (consumers).
CO2 (carbon dioxide): ________________________________________________________________
H2O (water): ________________________________________________________________________
O2 (oxygen):________________________________________________________________________
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