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Photosynthesis and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Classroom/ Laboratory Activity

A classroom/laboratory activity that shows how to measure the rate of photosynthesis and its changes under different conditions including high concentrations of carbon dioxide, a potential contributor to climate change.

Students will be able to explore, measure, and determine the rate at which photosynthesis occurs under one independent environmental variable like light intensity, temperature and carbon dioxide levels through tests on a leaf disk.

Use this tool to help your students find answers to:

  1. What are the various factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis?
  2. Discuss the impact of increasing global CO2 levels on photosynthesis?
About Tool
Tool Name Designing an experiment to test the rate of photosynthesis
Discipline Biological Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline Botany, Photosynthesis, Rate of Photosynthesis, Leaf Disk, Stomata, Guard Cells
Climate Topic Climate and the Biosphere
Type of tool Classroom/Laboratory Activity
Grade Level High School, Undergraduate
Location Global
Language English
Translation      –
Developed by John S Olson for the Minnesota Science Teachers Education Project (MnSTEP), led by the Center for Global Environmental Education
Hosted at SERC, Carleton
Link
Access Online
Computer Skills Basic

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TROP ICSU is a project of the International Union of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change, FLAME University.

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