Photosynthesis - Advanced Biology Study Notes: For teachers & students (includes a mock exam)

Advanced Biology Study Notes - Photosynthesis - For teachers & students

When I was a newly qualified teacher, photosynthesis scared me, so I wrote this book for teachers & students struggling with this topic at advanced level (by "advanced level", I'm taking pre-university, 16-18 year old students). While this book will help newly qualified teachers tackling the subject for the first time, it will also provide a structured set of notes for advanced students to work with as they study this topic.

Contents of the book

1. Introduction – energy
1.1. Animals hunt their food, plants cannot – they have to make it.
1.2. Metabolic reactions
1.3 Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP)
2. Plant Adaptations to Photosynthesis
2.1. The leaf as a photosynthetic organ
2.1.1. Palisade cells
2.1.2. Chloroplasts
2.1.3. The Site of light-dependent and light-independent reactions
2.2. Pigments involved in photosynthesis
2.2.1. Absorption v Action spectrums of photosynthetic pigments
3. The two main reactions in Photosynthesis
3.1. Light-Dependent Reactions
3.1.1. Summary of cyclic v non-cyclic
3.2. Light-Independent Reactions
3.2.1. Calvin’s Lollipop experiment
3.2.2. The Calvin Cycle
3.2.3. Fate of TP
3.3. Photosynthesis summary: Linking the light reaction to the light-independent reaction.
4. Limiting factors
4.1. Light
4.2. Carbon dioxide
4.3. Temperature
4.4. Chlorophyll
4.5. Water
5. Practical Work
5.1. Measuring the effect of light on the rate of photosynthesis
5.1.1. Extending this practical
5.2. Carbon dioxide
5.3. Temperature
5.4. Compensation point
5.4.1. Preparing hydrogencarbonate indicator stock solution:
5.5. Gas analysis
5.5.1. Where to go next?
6. Photosynthesis Examination & Student Handouts

What else is included?

The book includes a download link to all of the images found in this book, as well as a practice examination and full mark scheme. The image downloads can be used in your own worksheets / teaching aids, while the exam and mark scheme can be used to test your students. This comes as a PDF for easy printing as well as a Word document in case you want to edit it.