Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Use Photosynthesis first and have students read the word equation aloud from their finished page. Then use the comparison sheet and ask students to point to what goes into one process and comes out of the other.

Show what moves between a plant and an animal, then chart photosynthesis and respiration. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Then complete the diagram and chart on page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade living things, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with photosynthesis and respiration. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

On the Photosynthesis sheet the word equation is carbon dioxide plus water plus light energy makes glucose plus oxygen. The process takes place in chloroplasts, found mostly in leaves.

Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts and stores energy in glucose. Cellular respiration takes place in mitochondria and releases that stored energy. What goes into one comes out of the other.

Yes. Plants carry out both processes, since their cells also need to release energy from glucose. Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration says this directly and has students chart which organisms carry out each process.