Photosynthesis Promenade

• This fun and active lesson teaches students about photosynthesis, what plants need in order to grow, food webs, and why plants are green.
• As a group, students evaluate where their food comes, where plants get their energy, and how plants and animals recycle oxygen and carbon dioxide through a photosynthesis demonstration.
• Students take part in the demonstration as molecules of water, oxygen, or carbon dioxide, or as chlorophyll and sunlight.
  

Positives

• This lesson plan is interactive and filled with student-centered elements.
• This lesson plan utilizes a variety of instructional methods.

Additional Prerequisites

• Some illustrations in the lesson plan can be used in the lesson.
• The Sun Test Procedure and Chocolate Chip Demonstration require additional materials, but they are not required for the lesson.
• You can have students write their notes in a notebook or the location of your choice for the Energy Learning Log mentioned in the lesson.
  

Differentiation

• Younger students can participate in the first part of the lesson and a simplified version of the photosynthesis demonstration.
• This lesson plan could supplement a classroom discussion on why plants are so important to human survival and for balancing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
• This lesson plan could enhance a classroom discussion on the differences between plants and animals.
• Teachers could make the story activity mandatory if they have students who need writing practice.