Lab 4: Plants and Energy

Materials

• Parts I, II and III: 
• Prepared extracts
• Apparatus
• Leaves
• Potato, sweet potato, yam, rudebaga, apple and pear 
• Microscope
• Slides

Exercises

• Main Idea:
• Investigate different aspects of the photosynthesis reaction
• Part I: Chromatography
• Measure distances traveled by the different pigments 
• Fill in the table with results
• Part II: Observe Plant Slides
• Make a drawing of the plant slides that were made
• Using arrows, show movement of gases in and out of plant 
• Part III: Energy Storage in Plants
• Observe how glucose or chemical energy is stored in plants