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ALIEN EXPLORERSBIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES NECESSARY FOR LIFE ON EARTH
Ralph Siegel
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ALIEN EXPLORERSOur unit goal : to investigate how living organisms on Earth maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life
Our unit is on Dynamic Equilibrium and
Homeostasis
The first biochemical process we examine is
photosynthesis
OUR LAB GOAL: UNDERSTANDING PHOTOSYNTHESISthe most significant biochemical process carried on by living things
PHOTOSYNTHESIS – THE ENERGY OF THE SUN TRANSFERRED TO EARTH BIOLOGY
THE ENERGY FOR LIFE COMES FROM THE SUN
PHOTO SYNTHESIS
WHAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION CAN WE LEARN FROM THE TERM?
sunlight build from smaller parts
Students begin to understand that light is an essentialelement of the process of photosynthesis
WHAT ABOUT ON OUR ALIEN HOME PLANET?
Our world has two suns – how do you think that will affect the process and rate of photosynthesis?
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LIGHT SOURCES ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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INCANDESCENT
FLUORESCENT
LONG-WAVE UV
SUNLIGHT
Will different light sources
affect the rate of
photosynthesis?
Student teams will observe the growth of bean plants under different light sources, and no light, and compare them to a control plant grown in sunlight. Each plant will be placed in a box to ensure each is exposed to its particular light source, and no other, for the school day. Plants in sunlight will be placed into boxes after the school day. The rate of photosynthesis will be determined by the growth of the bean plant.
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COLLECTION OF DATAEach team will measure the growth of their two bean plants, one grown under their particular light source, or no light, and their control plant grown in sunlight, on a daily basis. The HYDRATOR member must be sure to water their plants daily (VERY IMPORTANT!!)
Data to be recorded daily!!
Students decide that noting the weather
is important for plants in sunlight
ALIEN TEAM MEMBER ROLES
PREDICTOR – predict what will happen COLLECTOR – measure plants and record
HYDRATOR - waterer
RESEARCHER – support or disprove conclusions
SKEPTIC – looks for otherexplanations to explain findings
CONCLUSIONS OF OUR BEAN PLANT LAB
Bean plants grew the most in sunlight, which contains a balance of the wavelengths of light that promotes photosynthesis.
Fluorescent light provided the blue wavelengths, important for leaf growth.
Incandescent light was next. It doesn’t provide as much of the blue wavelengths.
Long-wave UV didn’t promote good plant growth.
Plants grown without light died. Light is essential for photosynthesis.
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OBJECTIVES FOR THIS LAB ACTIVITY(2 week duration)
Students should understand that photosynthesis, a basic biochemical process, is important to sustain
life.
The importance of light energy to photosynthesis.
Energy for life comes from the sun and photosynthesis traps this energy and converts it into
the chemical bond energy of organic compounds.
These compounds are used by organisms as a source of food and cellular energy.
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OUR WORK ON EARTH IS NOT COMPLETE
Alien Commander, Admiral Ackbar, tells his interplanetary explorersthat there are other biochemical processes and substances that are common in living organisms on Earth and promote life. These include:
Cellular RespirationEnzymes – which control biochemical processes
Much work needs to be done before we can leave Earth and searchfor life on other planets!