About Our Class

• Teacher: Holly Thompson
• School: Westlake High School
• Grades: High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12)

What We're Doing

• Planning to Start: 10/16/23
• Planning to End: 11/3/23
• Theme: The Power of Sunlight (photosynthesis and respiration)
• Expected Breaks: Oct 5, 6, 9: Fall Break and Teacher Inservice
• Course: Biology I ADV

Our Outcomes

From the Louisiana Student Science Standards for Life Science: 1. Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. Emphasis is on illustrating inputs and outputs of matter, the transfer and transformation of energy in photosynthesis by plants, and other photosynthesizing organisms. Examples of models could include diagrams, chemical equations, conceptual models, and/or laboratory investigations. 2. Planning and carrying out investigations: Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems. Plan and conduct an investigation individually and collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence, and in the design: decide on types, how much, and accuracy of data needed to produce reliable measurements and consider limitations on the precision of the data (e.g., number of trials, cost, risk, time), and refine the design accordingly.