Algae Beads - What is light and how do plants use it?

Name: Algae Beads - What is light and how do plants use it?
Brand: Algae Research Supply
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This lesson introduces light as an energy source for photosynthesis and explains how plants and algae capture specific wavelengths with photopigments. Students connect energy transfer, visible light, and photosynthetic machinery to later investigations involving intensity and spectral tuning.

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Grade Level: Middle School, High School, College/University

Estimated Duration: 1 hour

NGSS Standards: HS-LS1-5, HS-LS1-6, HS-LS1-7, HS-LS2-5, SEP Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, SEP Analyzing and Interpreting Data, SEP Constructing Explanations, CCC Cause and Effect, CCC Energy and Matter, CCC Systems and System Models

Education Topic: Light, Photosynthesis, Photons, Photopigments

AP Biology: AP Bio 3.5, AP Bio 3.6, AP Bio 3.7, AP Bio 3.8, AP Bio SP1, AP Bio SP2, AP Bio SP4, AP Bio SP5, AP Bio SP6

IB Biology: IB Bio 1.4, IB Bio 2.8, IB Bio 2.9

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