Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy Flow Through Organisms: Introduction to Photosynthesis/respiration
In this life science classroom activity, middle schoolers will use cooperative learning and whole class discussions to be introduced to the concept of energy flow through organisms, and understand the basic processes of photosynthesis...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Photosynthesis Summary
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What is photosynthesis? Students will review the process of photosynthesis, the light reaction, and the dark reaction (Calvin Cycle). Common misconceptions will be...
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Photosynthesis Respiration Game!
Learn about the chemistry of photosynthesis and respiration as you play this game.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Cellular Respiration Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of cellular respiration and its overall chemical equation. The energy changes that occur during cellular respiration, including in photosynthesis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Connecting Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do trees help you breathe? This activity covers the connection between cellular respiration and photosynthesis and identifies the products and reactants of each.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Carbon Imbalance: Algae to the Rescue? [Pdf]
A 95-page learning module that integrates biology, chemistry, and engineering. It includes in-class labs, virtual labs, and engineering design activities. Working with algae, students learn about and investigate how photosynthesis,...
Other
Nearpod: Photosynthesis
In this lesson on exploring photosynthesis, young scholars will explore photosynthesis by examining the reactants and products of this process.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biology Quizzes: Photosynthesis
Assess your understanding of photosynthesis with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Students use the gas sensors to measure the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide consumed or produced by a plant during respiration and photosynthesis. They also determine the rate of respiration and photosynthesis in a plant.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Photosynthesis
This site details the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of the production of oxygen by plants and carbon dioxide by animals, both of which are needed for respiration purposes.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Photosynthesis
Learn all about photosynthesis from the parts of a plant to the reactions that make food.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Photosynthesis Life's Primary Energy Source
This lesson covers the process of photosynthesis and the related plant cell functions of transpiration and cellular respiration. Young scholars will learn how engineers can use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Photosynthesis and Respiration
View a diagram showing the processes of photosynthesis and respiration and how they fit together. Includes a legend.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Respiration and Photosynthesis Quizzes
A multiple-choice quiz on the processes of respiration and photosynthesis in plants.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Photosynthesis
In this encyclopedia entry, you will find concise text explaining photosynthesis supplemented by a very detailed diagram of the process.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Carbon Dioxide Sources and Sinks
In this lab activity, students use a chemical indicator (bromothymol blue) to detect the presence of carbon dioxide in animal and plant respiration and in the burning of fossil fuels and its absence in the products of plant...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Virtual Cell
An online video game where players take control of a tiny virtual submarine that explores plant and animal cells from the inside! Players learn about organelles, respiration, and photosynthesis.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Energetics (Photosynthesis and Respiration)
This assessment is designed to assess the student's comprehension of a basic function for eukaryotic cells.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Cell Energetics
An interactive module where students describe, compare, contrast and explain the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: First Cells
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out how the theoretical idea of the evolution of the very first cell. Students will examine photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Energy Transformations
Through interactive learning exercises, students examine the different definitions of energy and how enzymes regulate how the energy is stored and used during cellular respiration. They also take a close look at photosynthesis to learn...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Life Science
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cells
In this unit, students look at the components of cells and their functions and discover the controversy behind stem cell research. The first lesson focuses on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In the second lesson,...