Introduction
For this project, you and your partner are biologists who are studying how different organisms make energy. One of you wants to study the process of photosynthesis while the other wants to study cellular respiration. You decide to do both and compare the two. Good luck on your research!
Task
You and your partner will be conducting some research on
photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Your job is to work together to research both processes and figure out if there is a correlation between the two. How are they similar? How are they different? Do they correlate in any way?
Once you and your partner have found the information you need, you will create a poster displaying what you learned and present it to the class.
Process
1. Get with a partner.
2. Decide who will research photosynthesis and who will research cellular respiration.
3. Research which process you chose and write down what you find. How does it work? What is used and what does it yeild in return? What organisms use it? When does it occur? These are just guidelines. Feel free to write down any information you think is important. Use the following websites to help you conduct your research:
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Cellular_Respiration_vs_Photosynthesis
http://www.majordifferences.com/2013/03/difference-between-respiration-and.html#.WBYP0hvrv4g
4. Once you and your partner have completed your research, get together and look at what you wrote down about each process. Take another piece of paper and compare and contrast the two processes. What is similar? What is different? Do the two processes correlate in any way?
5. Take a piece of poster board and make a creative poster that displays what you and your partner found out about photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Be sure to include the similarities and differences that you found and if there is any correlation.
6. You and your partner will present this poster to the class and share what you found. Good luck!
Evaluation
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EVALUATION RUBRIC
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Content of Photosynthesis
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Student conducted very detailed research on photosynthesis
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Student conducted adequate research on photosynthesis
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Student conducted some research on photosynthesis
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Student conducted very little research on photosynthesis
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Student conducted no research on photosynthesis
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Content of Cellular Respiration
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Student conducted very detailed research on respiration
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Student conducted adequate research on respiration
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Student conducted some research on respiration
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Student conducted very little research
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Student conducted no research on respiration
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Ability to Identify Similarities
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Student identified 4 similarities
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Student identified 3 similarities
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Student identified 2 similarities
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Student identified 1 similarities
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Student identified 0 similarities
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Ability to Identify Differences
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Student identified 4 differences
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Student identified 3 differences
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Student identified 2 differences
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Student identified 1 differences
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Student identified 0 differences
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Creativity/
Presentation of Poster
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Poster is very detailed, creative, and presented very well
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Poster is adequately made and presented
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Poster is made and presented, but is missing important information
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Poster is poorly made and presented
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Student did not create a poster or present to the class
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Conclusion
After completeing the project, you should have a better and more detailed understanding of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. You should also be able to identify similarities and differences between the two as well as identify their correlation.
Credits
Websites used in this WebQuest are the following:
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Cellular_Respiration_vs_Photosynthesis
http://www.majordifferences.com/2013/03/difference-between-respiration-and.html#.WBYP0hvrv4g
All photos used in this WebQuest were obtained through Google search.