Photosynthesis Computer Lab
Activity #1
Click on the website below. Watch the movie (read the questions first) and answer the questions below DCN Style: HINT: you might want to pause/rewind the movie if/when you find an answer to a question.
1. Where does an electron get its energy? (What excites it?)
2. Where does the OXYGEN come from during the photosynthesis process?
3. Can protons pass through the membrane?
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535::535::/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120072/bio13.swf::Photosynthetic%20Electron%20Transport%20and%20ATP%20Synthesis
Activity #2
Go to the website below and answer the questions below on your lab sheet DCN Style. Click the ARROW at the bottom left side of the image to advance the animation.
1. How long does it take the sunlight to reach the Earth?
2. What happens to Chlorophyll when struck by a photon of light?
3. What is released from WATER after a re-energized electron hits it? What is left behind?
4. Where does the BULK OF ATMOSPHERIC oxygen come from?
http://www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesis.html
Activity #3
Click on the website below and follow the prompts. Click on each slide. After the slides write down 2 – 3 sentences about what you learned.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/311/deploy/interface.swf
Activity #4
Go to the website below and try to win the MILLION! Good luck.
http://www.quia.com/rr/216175.html
Click on the website below. Watch the movie (read the questions first) and answer the questions below DCN Style: HINT: you might want to pause/rewind the movie if/when you find an answer to a question.
1. Where does an electron get its energy? (What excites it?)
2. Where does the OXYGEN come from during the photosynthesis process?
3. Can protons pass through the membrane?
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::535::535::/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120072/bio13.swf::Photosynthetic%20Electron%20Transport%20and%20ATP%20Synthesis
Activity #2
Go to the website below and answer the questions below on your lab sheet DCN Style. Click the ARROW at the bottom left side of the image to advance the animation.
1. How long does it take the sunlight to reach the Earth?
2. What happens to Chlorophyll when struck by a photon of light?
3. What is released from WATER after a re-energized electron hits it? What is left behind?
4. Where does the BULK OF ATMOSPHERIC oxygen come from?
http://www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesis.html
Activity #3
Click on the website below and follow the prompts. Click on each slide. After the slides write down 2 – 3 sentences about what you learned.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/311/deploy/interface.swf
Activity #4
Go to the website below and try to win the MILLION! Good luck.
http://www.quia.com/rr/216175.html