Photosynthesis

// Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, & Cell Division //
 * Energy Processes of Living Organisms: **

• How do living organisms get energy from the sun? • What happens during photosynthesis? • How do organisms get their energy from cellular respiration? • Why are photosynthesis and cellular respiration considered opposite processes?
 * Weeks On **** e and Two, Our Big Questions: **


 * Lesson 1 Vocabulary **
 * < ==== producer ==== ||< ==== consumer ==== ||< ==== autotroph ==== ||
 * < ==== heterotroph ==== ||< ==== photosynthesis ==== ||< cellular respiration ||
 * < ==== energy role ==== ||<  ||<   ||

FTExploring: The Flow of Energy Use this website to help you review energy roles, food chains/webs, and photosynthesis. Biology4Kids.com: Photosynthesis Use this website to learn more about photosynthesis. BrainPop: Photosynthesis versus Respiration Watch a summary video comparing/contrasting the two energy processes.
 * Helpful Online Reads: **

// Mr. Parr's "It Starts with Producers" // media type="custom" key="22622786" align="left" width="90" height="90"
 * Helpful Videos: **

// Mr. Parr's "Photosynthesis Song" // media type="custom" key="22622796" align="left" width="90" height="90"


 * Weeks Three and Four, Our Big Questions: **

• What are the functions of cell division? • What happens during the cell cycle? • How do uncontrolled cell cycles lead to cancer?
 * ~ Lesson 2 Vocabulary ||


 * < ==== cell cycle ==== ||< interphase  ||<  mitosis  ||
 * cytokinesis ||  prophase  ||  metaphase  ||
 * anaphase ||  telophase  ||  chromosomes  ||
 * cancer ||   ||   ||

= Helpful Online Reads: = CellsAlive.com: The Cell Cycle Watch an interactive animation on the cell cycle. McGrawHill: How the Cell Cycle Works Use this animation to help visualize the stages of the cell cycle. WiscOnline: Cell Division Use this animation to help visualize the phases of mitosis. McGrawHill: Mitosis and Cytokinesis Use this animation to help study mitosis and cytokinesis. Try the quiz!

// Hand Mnemonics: How To Remember The Steps of Mitosis // media type="custom" key="22622840"
 * Helpful Videos: **

// Mr. Parr's "In Cell Division-Mitosis Song" // media type="custom" key="22622810"


 * Virtual Labs: **

bio.rutgers.edu: Virtual Mitosis Lab Observe the phases of mitosis in plant and animal cells in this virtual lab. Use with your lab packet!

MHHE.com: The Cell Cycle and Cancer