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Making Light of Photosynthesis
Kate Andrews
Paul Beaumont
Margaret Louis
Investigating Photosynthesis
using Egeria najas
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Curriculum for Excellence:
Sciences Experiences and Outcomes
I have collaborated on
investigations into the process
of photosynthesis and I can
demonstrate my understanding
of why plants are vital to
sustaining life on Earth [SCN 3-
02A]
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Curriculum for Excellence:
Sciences Experiences and Outcomes
Through exploring the carbon
cycle, I can describe the
processes involved in
maintaining the balance of
gases in the air, considering
causes and implications of
changes in the balance [SCN
4-05b]
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Limiting factors: carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity
and temperature and their impact on photosynthesis and
plant growth. Analysis of limiting factors graphs.
Techniques - measuring the rate of photosynthesis
The effect of limiting factors on photosynthesis.
Elodea/Cabomba investigations to find out about limiting
factors.
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Cabomba caroliniana
Wonderful alternative to Elodea
canadensis....
EU list of invasive alien
species.....
an offence in the UK to keep,
cultivate, breed, transport, sell or
exchange this species, or
release it, intentionally or
unintentionally, into the
environment.
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Egeria najas
• Water plant
• Non-native so care in
disposal!
• Aquarium ‘oxygenator’
• Narrow serrated leaves –
easily confused with
Egeria densa….
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Hydrogencarbonate indicator
• Used to measure [CO2]
• Orange/red in air
• Increasingly yellow as [CO2] increases
• Orange → red → magenta → deep purple as
[CO2 ] decreases
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Hydrogencarbonate indicator
pH 6.8 9.2 (in 0.4 increments)
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Fun with photosynthesis 1:
• Compare the effect of Egeria najas on
hydrogencarbonate indicator in light and dark
conditions
• From knowledge of hydrogencarbonate
indicator, make deductions about gas
exchange in plants under different conditions
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Before starting:
• Wash two empty Bijou bottles with a small
quantity of hydrogencarbonate indicator, then
discard the indicator (wash in sink)
• If there is any colour change, rinse again
• Continue until there is no colour change
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1.Cut 2 x 3cm
lengths of Egeria
najas stem
Add 1 piece to each
of two empty Bijou
bottles
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2. Fill each bottle with hydrogencarbonate
indicator
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3,4. Cover one Bijou
with black paper.
Irradiate both
bottles.
(30-40 min)
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Fun with Photosynthesis 2
• To investigate gas evolution under different
lighting conditions
• To contribute to the development of an
understanding of why plants are vital to
sustaining life on Earth
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1. A piece of Egeria
najas equal to the
length of a boiling
tube.
Place in the boiling
tube, stem end
upwards
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2. Trim the leaves exposing the final
3 cm of the stem
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Fill boiling tube with
1% sodium
hydrogencarbonate
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2. Cut the stem
under the liquid
3-5. ‘Play’ with lamp
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6. Squeeze the bulb
of a 3 cm3 plastic
pipette very tightly
and extract fluid
until pipette fills
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7. Seal pipette
by placing
Blu-tackTM
over tip
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Full pipette
essential!
8,9. Cut pipette at
3 cm3 mark,
then top up
any fluid lost
from the
weighing boat
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10, 11.
Quickly invert the
full pipette and
place over the
stem
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12. Irradiate for
30 – 40 min
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Fun with photosynthesis 1
5.What colour changes do you notice in the
hydrogencarbonate indicator?
• Can you suggest a reason for the colour
change in the
- light
- dark?
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Cross-curricular opportunities
https://www.space.com/38806-nasa-satellites-watch-earth-breathe-
video.html
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NASA film – Watch Earth breathe
https://www.space.com/38806-nasa-satellites-watch-earth-breathe-
video.html
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Atmospheric CO2 measured at Mauna Loa - Keeling
Curve (taken from Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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(Taken from Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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Planet
Earth
Water60%
Land40%
Photosynthesis
on Earth?
Water70%
Land30%
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Phytoplankton – a ‘micro’ viewWikipedia image
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Phytoplankton – a ‘macro’ imageNASA images
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