1. Biology Do Now
Directions: Take out a sheet of notebook (Do Now sheet) and answer the questions.
What are the reactants in the photosynthetic reaction?
What are the products in the photosynthetic reaction?
What types of cells within the plant leaf carry out photosynthesis?
What is the name of the structure in the leaf’s cells where photosynthesis takes place?
How does the plant use sugars once they are made? (Two answers)

2. Biology Do Now Key
What are the reactants in the photosynthetic reaction? Carbon dioxide and liquid water
What are the products in the photosynthetic reaction? Sugars and oxygen gas
What types of cells within the plant leaf carry out photosynthesis? Palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll
What is the name of the structure in the leaf’s cells where photosynthesis takes place? Chloroplast
How does the plant use sugars once they are made? (Two answers) energy and structure

3. Objective
Students will know how leaves turn air we breathe into food we eat by watching a video, completing a POGIL, engaging in a think-aloud, and reading/annotating an article about photosynthesis.
Mastery level: 75% or better

4. Leaves: Form and structure
Only copy the notes that are in RED.

5. Leaves are like natural solar panels that can absorb solar energy.
In solar panels, the solar energy is converted to electrical energy.
However, in plant leaves, the solar energy is converted into chemical energy (sugars).

6. When leaves change colors…
The green pigment, chlorophyll absorbs sunlight and water.
When the days shorten, trees stop producing chlorophyll which exposes the other plant colors like yellow, orange and red.
Plant veins close which traps sugars in the leaves creating bright fall colors.

7. The Plant Body: Leaves FUNCTION OF LEAVES
Leaves are the solar energy and CO2 collectors of plants.
In some plants, leaves have become adapted for specialized functions.

8. And so, on to leaves
Leaves are the principle structure, produced on stems, where photosynthesis takes place. 
Cacti are an exception.  The leaves are reduced to spines, and the thick green, fleshy stems are where photosynthesis takes place.

9. INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF LEAVES
Each part of the leaf has an important job.
chloroplasts
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10. General overall reaction
6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O O2
Carbon dioxide Water Carbohydrate Oxygen
Photosynthetic organisms use solar energy to synthesize carbon compounds that cannot be formed without the input of energy.
More specifically, light energy drives the synthesis of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water with the generation of oxygen.

11. Classwork Photosynthesis Worksheet Chromatography Article
1) Write 1 sentence that summarizes the article.
2) What is the main idea of the article?
3) What is chromatography?
4) What is chromatography used for?
5) Use your phone to define solvent and solvent front.
6) LOOK at the image on the back, SKETCH IT (on your paper) and EXPLAIN what it is showing.
Answer all questions about photosynthesis on the worksheet. Please pardon the typos in the questions.
#5) Why do most leaves appear green?
#11) Name 3 sources of CO2.