Unit Plan of Photosynthesis for CI 350

1. Photosynthesis Unit
Plan
By: Miriam Smith

2. Analyzed
• 4th grade students
• 30 students: 18 males and 12 females
• 35% Caucasian, 35% African American, 15% Latino, and 15% Asian
• Rural area
• 1 student with Down Syndrome

3. Objective
• My students can define the process of photosynthesis. By starting the day
out by a photosynthesis song, students will have an catchy informational
song to help with the process of photosynthesis. Students will demonstrate
their new knowledge of photosynthesis from lecture, science videos, and
observation. With the use of the internet, the students will once again
demonstrate the photosynthesis process through a PowerPoint dealing with
their group plant. This will be over a week course with a 90% degree of
accuracy.

4. Day by Day breakdown = equation breakdown
• Day 1: collect leaves from different plants around school in groups of 5,
song, begin explanation of carbon dioxide, research their plant,
• Day 2: song, leaf rubbing to demonstrate the veins in the leaf, explanation of
water, and research their plant
• Day 3: song, explanation of light energy, and time to examine leaves
• Day 4: song, explanation of glucose and oxygen, and finalize project
• Day 5: carbon dioxide + water + light energy = glucose + oxygen, present
projects

5. Use of Technology
• YouTube
• PowerPoint
• Science Video
• Microscope
• Internet

6. Works Cited
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjp2KaVM_go
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQBTbrFRHmIn
• http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-photosynthesis/
• http://fruitandnuteducation.ucdavis.edu/generaltopics/Tree_Growth
_Structure/Photosynthesis_Respiration/