Biology: Recipe for a Living World

Objectives

• Students will develop a deeper understanding of the variables affecting the rate of photosynthesis in plants.
• Students will manipulate variables, such as light intensity and wavelength of light, to observe the effects on photosynthesis rates.

Vocabulary

• illuminance
• photosynthesis
• stomata
• visible spectrum
• wavelength

About the Lesson

In this lesson students will observe the effects of certain variables on the rate of photosynthesis in a plant.
As a result, students will:

• Better understand the importance of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Develop an understanding of reflection and absorption of light energy by a pigment.

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