1. Title: Photosynthesis Date:
Bell Work
Title: Photosynthesis Date:

2. Photosynthesis, stomata, organs, root, stem
Lesson Sequence
Lesson 1
Photosynthesis 2
The rate of photosynthesis 3
Required practical 6 4
Aerobic respiration 5
Response to exercise 6
Anaerobic respiration 7
Metabolism 8
Recap and Assessment
Specification – GCSE AQA Biology
Teaching from Sept 2016 onwards
Spec Reference
Topic
Bioenergetics
Lesson
Photosynthesis
Sequence
1 of 8
Key Words;
Photosynthesis, stomata, organs, root, stem

3. What do you think the key words are for todays lesson?

4. Lesson Objectives Lesson Competency (Level 1-3) Proficiency
Mastery
(Level 7-9) 1
Write the word and symbol equation for photosynthesis
Explain why photosynthesis is important for the survival of other organisms.
Explain why the leaves are tested for starch and not for sugar.

5. What organ does what? To pump blood To break up food and absorb it
To clean blood and make urine
To control the body
To break up food
For protection and feeling
To remove water from unwanted food
For breathing
To make and destroy substances

6. Plants have organs too!
What are the four main organs of a plant?

7. Organ Function Drawing Stem Leaf Flower Root
Use the information cards to fill in the table below;
Organ
Function
Drawing
Stem
Leaf
Flower
Root

8. The stem helps to support the plant.
What is the function of the stem?
The stem helps to support the plant.
stem
It also carries water and food around the plant.

9. What is the function of the leaves?
The leaves use sunlight to provide the plant with energy.
leaf

10. What is the function of the flower?
The flower helps the plant to reproduce.
flower

11. What is the function of the roots?
The roots absorb water, nutrients from the soil.
root
They also keep the plant in the soil!

12. Would there be life on earth if there were no plants?
If there was life, what would life be like?
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13. What is photosynthesis?
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14. Click for descriptive video.
Photosynthesis
Listen to the description and describe photosynthesis. Make sure you underline key words.
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15. Photosynthesis

16. Copy the note below, filling in the blanks –
 The word nutrition describes the process by which an organism gets its ____
Plants make their own food in a process called ______________
Plants use energy from ________ to build sugars from ______ from the soil and ______ _______ from the air.
Most plants store their sugars as ______
food
photosynthesis
sunlight
water
carbon dioxide
starch
water + carbon dioxide  glucose + oxygen
energy from SUNLIGHT
CHLOROPHYLL

17. What’s the point of a greenhouse?
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19. Who’s going to photosynthesize more?

20. What factors affect photosynthesis?
Temperature
Light Intensity
CO2 Concentration

24. What do all leaves have in common?

25. Stomata is where the carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exits the leaf

26. How are leaves adapted for photosynthesis?

27. What is the function of the root?
What is produced in photosynthesis?
What is the function of the flower?
How do leaves get water?
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
What are the holes under the leaves called?
What is the function of chlorophyll?
Why are leaves thin?
Why are leaves broad?

28. Stomata is where the carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exits the leaf

29. Work in progress
The thing I have found most difficult in this lesson so far…
So far I have been successful in my learning because…
I can now make links to…
The most important thing I’ve learned so far…
New science key words I have learned…
I did not know…
but now I know…
and I know this because…
I feel confident about my progress in this lesson because…
Two new facts about what I have learnt so far which I will tell someone are...
I have learned several new things about this topic. Firstly…
Furthermore…
A golden rule that I will remember…
A question that I have about today’s lesson so far…
One thing I need to remember from the work I have completed so far…
So far in this lesson I have tried…