Photosynthesis and Respiration: The Energy Story: Science Unit 3, Grade 7 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Photosynthesis and Respiration: The Energy Story is Unit 3 of Life Science: Systems, Energy, and Change (Grade 7), the Letters & Devotion Science course, complete in one printable PDF: 10 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 62 pages.

• The photosynthesis word equation (reactants and products)
• The cellular respiration word equation (reactants and products)
• The reverse-direction relationship between the photosynthesis and respiration equations
• Photosynthesis and respiration as distinguishable processes in unfamiliar real-world scenarios
• The path of a single carbon atom from ingested food through the body and out as exhaled CO2
• Energy flow versus matter cycling in a living system
• A prediction for CO2 indicator color change under light versus dark plant conditions
• Graphed CO2 concentration data from a light-vs-dark plant investigation
• Energy flow versus matter cycling, applied to an unfamiliar biological system
• The global consequence of photosynthesis ceasing, reasoned from the photosynthesis and respiration equations

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

AI note: The written content of this resource was drafted with AI tools, then reviewed and edited by the author.