Chlorophyll Thursday and National Park Friday

Thrsday:
-Schedule:
1. Got a stamp for UP 67-68
2. Took Notes on Photosynthesis
3. Pigment lab

-Homework:
1. Finish Lab Analysis Questions
2. Read section 8.2 and 8.3 in the textbook and do a reading strategy of your choice or UP 81-85
3. Work on your national parks project

-The notes:
PHOTOSYNTHESIS OVERVIEW:
.Reactants: CO2, H2O, light energy
.Products: O2, C6H12O6
.Two reactions:
-Light reaction
-Calvin Cycle (light independent reaction)
.Chloroplast Structure:
-Thylakoid sacs contain chlorophyll
-Granum: Stacks of thylakoids
-light rxn
-Stroma: open space
-Calvin cycle

After we took notes we started the pigment lab (UP 69-72)
-We started by taking 2 leaves (a Spinach Leaf and a Coleus Leaf)
-We rolled a dime over the leave so that we could get pigments onto a Chromatography paper
-We then rolled dup our paper, stapled it, and put it into a substance for 10 minutes.
-When we took the piece of paper out, we saw many layers of colors
-These colors were the pigments found in the plant.
-On the paper with the pigments of the spinach leaf the layers of colors went:
.Bright green
.Yellow green
.Bright green
.Yellow
.Faint yellow
-Then on the paper with the pigment from the Coleus leaf the layers of color were:
.Red
.Yellow green
.Green
.Faint yellow
.Yellow
This shows us that even though the leaf may appear to be green or red, there are many other pigments in the leaf. So just because the Coleus leaf appears to be red, there is still chlorophyll in it to help carry out photosynthesis.


Friday's ClassWe met in the classroom first to write down our homework and learn about power points

-Homework:
1. National Park DUE 3/23(UP 9)
2. Read pg 643+ pg 664-666
-I would suggest you take some notes because Ms.Stein will not go over the lesson in class
3. Review photosynthesis links (can be found on moodle)
-Before we went to the computer lab we learned about power points
1. Make sure the background color is:
-No too bright
-Colorful
-No too distracting
2. Make sure the font is:
-Big and easy to read
-The color does not blend into the background
-Try to follow the 5X5 rule (5 bullet pints and five words per bullet point on your slide
3. Make sure you don't make too many slides on animals
-Your information on animals should be short and brief whereas your information on plants should be longer and in detail

Friday was the last day of time that we would spend in class working on our project. From now on you should try to meet after school with your group to work on it.
Good Luck and sorry this was late!!