Photosynthesis 27/05/23

Keywords:
Keywords Producer, consumer, chlorophyll, glucose, carbon
dioxide, water

Starter: Think about if there were no trees or plants in the world.

1.Write what you think might happen
2.How would it make you feel
EXT: What happens to a plant if it doesn’t get any sun?
 Review
Not only do plants and tree help make places look more beautiful
they help keep us alive
Plants that get no sun light turn pale and are not as
healthy.
 LOb: Understand the process of photosynthesis.
Learning Outcomes:
State the difference between
Keywords: Producer, consumer and producer
consumer, chlorophyll,
glucose, carbon dioxide, Describe the process of
water photosynthesis stating the word
equation for photosynthesis

Explain how to investigate the

rate of photosynthesis

Did you know: The oldest tree in the

world is thought to be this found
in the ‘White mountains’ in
California. It is about 5,062 years old.
 Plants are clever because they make their own food. The
food they make is called ‘glucose.’
Organisms that make their own food are called…

S S R S
E R R S E R C E
UC C E UC DU
O D D U O D R O
P R O PR P
P R
Anything that eats a producer is called a consumer!
consumer
Algae are like plants because they are producers but
they are different.
TASK: Look at the pictures and
write three ways algae are
different to plants…
Have no leaves, roots
Algae live in water Algae are unicellular Flowers, or stems
Activity: Complete this paragraph filling in the missing
words from the word bank below.
Consumers Sun Glucose

Producers Algae Food

Plants and ______ are called _______ because…

They use energy from the ____ to make ______ which

is a type of sugar.

Anything that eats plants are called _______.

Extension
Algae are not like plants because they live …
 Review

Food

Plants and ______

Algae are called _______
Producers because…

They make their own food.

They use energy from the ____Sun to make ______
Glucose which

Is a type of sugar

Anything that eats plants are called _______.

Consumers
Extension
Algae are not like plants because they live in water, are
unicellular and don’t have organ structures.
 LOb: Understand the process of photosynthesis.
Learning Outcomes:
State the difference between
Keywords: Producer, consumer and producer
consumer, chlorophyll,
glucose, carbon dioxide, Describe the process of
water photosynthesis stating the word
equation for photosynthesis

Explain how to investigate the

rate of photosynthesis

Did you know: The oldest tree in the

world is thought to be this found
in the ‘White mountains’ in
California. It is about 5,062 years old
 What is Photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction that uses light energy.

light energy

The word photosynthesis comes from the Greek language:

 ‘photo’ means ‘light’
 ‘synthesis’ means ‘putting together’.

Photosynthesis is an ENDOTHERMIC reaction

‘Endo’ means in: light is taken into the leaf

 The process plants use to make
Photosynthesis their own food glucose. Carbon
dioxide and water react to make
oxygen and glucose.
A plant making food by photosynthesis is a bit like cooking.
They take some things mix them together and make
something else!

CHLOROPHYLL
Plants need photosynthesis so that they can make
food to perform everything they need to do?

Glucose is used to help Glucose is used to absorb

plants grow. nutrients from the soil.
 Photosynthesis happens in the palisade cells of a leaf.

3. SUNLIGHT
Gives the plant energy
4. CHLOROPHYLL
A green
pigment found
in chloroplasts
1. WATER where the
Travels up from chemical
the roots reactions for
photosynthesis
2. CARBON DIOXIDE happens

Enters the leaf through

small holes on the underneath
Input: Watch the video and be ready to explain what
Photosynthesis
you saw
Explain what
the animation
just showed.
Keywords:
Root
Water
Leaf
Carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis
Chloroplast
Glucose
 Activity: Put the steps below for how photosynthesis
happens into the correct order. The first one is given for you.

EXT: Draw diagram to visually explain these steps

> CO2 enters leaf

> Water travels up from roots through the stem to
leaves
> CO2 and water react in presence of sunlight and
chlorophyll to give glucose and oxygen
> CO2 enters leaf cells
1. Water enters plant through roots
> CO2 and water enter chloroplasts within leaves
 Peer Assessment

1) Water enters plant through roots

2) Water travels up from roots through xylem to
leaves
3) CO2 enters leaf through stomata
4) CO2 enters palisade cells
5) CO2 and water enter chloroplasts within leaves
6) CO2 and water react in presence of sunlight and
chlorophyll to give glucose and oxygen
 TASK: Use the pictures to write out the equation for photosynthesis
onto your sheet

EXT: Can you match the symbol to the substances of

photosynthesis?
H20 C6H12O6 O2 CO2
 Review

Reactants Products

light energy
carbon
dioxide + water glucose + oxygen
chlorophyll

6 +
6 C6H12O6 + 6
We can balance the equation by putting in numbers before the symbols
Remember this equation
 LOb: Understand the process of photosynthesis.
Learning Outcomes:
State the difference between
Keywords: Producer, consumer and producer
consumer, chlorophyll,
glucose, carbon dioxide, Describe the process of
water photosynthesis stating the word
equation for photosynthesis

Describe how plant get the

resources they need for
photosynthesis

Did you know: The oldest tree in the

world is thought to be this found
in the ‘White mountains’ in
California. It is about 5,062 years old
Where do plants get the resources they need?

Where do plants get there water

from?
Starts in the soil Goes into root hair Water is now in the
cell by osmosis roots
Water travels up the stem through the xylem
 Water gets to the leaf and evaporates out of the leaf
through holes called stomata.
This journey is called the transpiration stream.
Aquatic plants (plants that live in water) don’t have roots why?
Where do plants get the resources they need?

Where do plants get there

carbon dioxide?
Plants get their carbon dioxide from the surrounding
atmosphere diffusing into their leaves
Activity: Using your knowledge of photosynthesis add in the
correct details into the table below
EXT: Answer the extension questions

What we need to Where are they Products (what

perform found we end up with)
photosynthesis
Raw materials Where are they found… Products
(what we start (what we
with) end with)
Carbon dioxide CO2 is found in the Glucose
(CO2) surrounding atmosphere (C6H12O6)

Water (H2O) H2O is found in the soil and Oxygen

absorbed into the roots. In (O2)
aquatic plants from their
surroundings
Light Comes from the sun

Chlorophyll Found in the chloroplast of

palisade leaf cells
Raw materials Where are they found… Products
(what we start (what we end
with) with)
Carbon dioxide CO2 is found in the Glucose
(CO2) surrounding atmosphere (C6H12O6)
Water (H2O) H2O is found in the soil Oxygen (O2)
and absorbed into the
roots. In aquatic plants
from their surroundings
Light Comes from the sun

Chlorophyll Found in the chloroplast

of palisade leaf cells
 LOb: Understand the process of photosynthesis.
Learning Outcomes:
State the difference between
Keywords: Producer, consumer and producer
consumer, chlorophyll,
glucose, carbon dioxide, Describe the process of
water photosynthesis stating the word
equation for photosynthesis

Describe how plant get the

resources they need for
photosynthesis

Did you know: The oldest tree in the

world is thought to be this found
in the ‘White mountains’ in
California. It is about 5,062 years old
Photosynthesis is an endothermic reaction.

Photosynthesis transfers energy from the sun light

into chemical energy in the substance glucose.

water + carbon dioxide  glucose + oxygen

6H2O 6CO2 C6H12O6 6O2

Leaves and stems are green because they have organelles

called chloroplasts which contain the pigment chlorophyll.
Plenary: Complete the plenary section of sheet
 Review

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Plenary: Chose a number to reveal a question
related to what we have learnt.

What is What food Where does

photo- to plants photosynthesis
synthesis? make? happen?

How is Products of
algae Equation
photo-
different to for photo-
synthesis?
plants? synthesis?