Description

Models are powerful tools for teaching science as they simplify structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple. Using the colorful model, your students will get an engaging overview of photosynthesis and light reactions.

Using the ready-to-use materials provided with each 3-D model set, students first assemble a model to represent a structure or an entire system as an aid to develop questions and explanations. They will then generate data and observations that can be used to make predictions and communicate ideas to others.

Using this innovative, easy-to-build model, your students will learn how chloroplasts capture light energy and use it to synthesize sugars and other biomolecules. They will also see how water is split when photons strike photosystem II and follow the electron carriers to photosystem I as ATP and NADPH are produced. The set covers non-cyclic photophosphorylation, the Z scheme, NADPH synthesis, and how the proton gradient for ATP synthesis is made. It also looks at the structures of the photosystems and cyclic photophosphorylation.

The Model Making Kit includes enough materials for students to assemble up to 5 paper models working cooperatively, along with a comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide.

Also includes a comprehensive, illustrated Teacher Resource Guide for effective preparation and integration of the models’ use in instruction.