Unit 3 Concept Map
Course Essential Question
Unit 3 - Bioenergetics Organisms obtain and use energy to
Grade Level: 10
carry out their life processes.
Subject: Biology
Unit Essential Question
How do organisms obtain, transform, and use energy at all levels of organization to carry out life processes?
PA Standards/Anchors/(Assessment Anchor/Eligible Content)
BIO.A.3.1.1, BIO.A.3.2.1., BIO.A.3.2.2
Lesson Essential Questions
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How do organisms obtain energy from their
environment?
What are the specific energy requirements for life
processes and how is the energy used to carry out those
processes?
What are the chemical reactions that occur during
photosynthesis inside the chloroplast to capture energy
from the environment? Which reactions are lightdependent and light-independent?
What are the chemical reactions that occur during
cellular respiration inside the mitochondria that
transform energy into usable forms for an organism?
How are ATP and other energy storage molecules
created and utilized by living organisms?
How do CAM and the C4 pathways capture energy in
non-ideal environmental conditions? How does
fermentation provide energy for an organism when
non-ideal conditions are present?
How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration
related?
Concepts
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Forms of energy are required to maintain life.
Most biochemical reactions require an input of energy.
Photosynthesis is the process that transforms light
energy into potential chemical energy.
Cellular respiration is the process by which potential
chemical energy in the bonds of glucose is transformed
into potential chemical energy in the bonds of ATP.
ATP molecules store usable chemical energy to drive life
processes through coupled reactions.
Glycolysis is the foundation of both aerobic and
anaerobic respiration. Glycolysis, through anaerobic
respiration, is the main energy source in many
prokaryotes.
-----------------------------------------------------------------Skills
1. Describe the fundamental roles of plastids (i.e.
Vocabulary
1. ATP
2. Heterotroph
3. Autotroph
4. Photosynthesis
5. ADP
6. Pigment
7. Chlorophyll
8. Thylakoid
9. Stroma
10. Light-dependent reactions
11. Light-independent reactions
12. NADP+
13. Electron transport chain
14. Calvin cycle
15. Photosystem
16. ATP synthase
17. Calorie
18. Cellular respiration
19. Aerobic
20. Anaerobic
21. Glycolysis
22. Krebs cycle
23. Matrix
24. NAD+
25. Fermentation
26. Product
27. Reactant
28. Electron Transport
chloroplasts) and mitochondria in energy
transformations
2. Compare and contrast the basic transformation
of energy during photosynthesis and cellular
respiration
3. Describe the role of ATP in biochemical
reactions
4. Compare/contrast glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and
Calvin cycle (in regards to ATPs created)
Formative Assessments Summative Assessments
1. Ticket out the
1. Quizzes
door
2. Unit Tests:
2. Think-pair-share
 Test 1 –
3. Thumbs up –
Photosynthesis
Thumbs down
 Test 2 –
4. Concept Map
Cellular
5. Sentence starter
Respiration
prompts
3. Labs
6. Collins writing
 Fermentation
7. Venn diagram
lab
8. Compare
 Elodea labs w/
contrast
baking soda and
9. 3-2-1
bromothymol
10. Frayer diagrams
blue
11. KWL
 Plant pigment
12. Whiteboard
and
responses
photosynthesis
13. Jigsaw
lab – PH Lab
14. Chunking
manual lab #8
15. Foldables
 Fermentation
16. Text rendering
Rates of Sugars
17. Guided reading
– PH Lab
18. Whiparound
manual #9
19. Pause-proceed4. Activities:
lecture
 Rates of
Photosynthesis –
PH Lab Manual
(Data Analysis #11)
 You are What you
Eat - PH Lab
Manual (Data
Analysis #12)
5. CDT biology
Resources
Biology textbook
Powerpoints (from textbook resources)
Coloring Book Sheets - Biology Coloring Book
Biology websites:
-biologyjunction.com
-biologycorner.com
-biology.com