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Program Details

  • VCE
  • 24 Students
  • 3 Hours / 1 Day
  • Onsite
  • Online N/A

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Curriculum Focus

  • Unit 3 (AoS2): How are biochemical pathways regulated?
  • Unit 4 (AoS3): How is scientific inquiry used to investigate cellular processes and/or biological change?

 

Technical and Personal Skills

Scientific inquiry, key science skills, problem solving, collaboration, communication

 

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As our climate continues to change and our planet tries to adapt to industrialisation and human endeavour, understanding the basic processes of life on earth will be critical in both trying to protect the home we have and the knowledge and skills required to potentially find a new one.

In this program, students get hands-on experience as they investigate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration in response to a range of environmental conditions.

To do this, students will employ an experimental apparatus consisting of yeast/algal cells immobilised in an algal gel, enabling CO2 production/consumption to be measured. Results are recorded and available for access at school to help students process and analyse their data for potential use in a SAC.

Students will

  • Undertake laboratory work in a small team
  • Measure cellular processes
  • Apply an understanding of the biochemical processes of photosynthesis and respiration
  • Conduct meaningful analysis of experimental results
Program Variation

This program can be offered at a Year 10 level as a Go Deep option. Students would prepare yeast alginate spheres and then perform a cellular respiration experiment. They would not do the Photosynthesis experiment.