8-3 (continued) The Calvin Cycle Use Visuals Figure 8-11 Have students study the gure and read the caption Then, ose Where does the Colvin (yale take place? (i ake ce n The samo ets the grona) What enters the Calvin eyele from the atmosphere? (Si CO, moteuls) Ask a volurter to describe where on the figure those molecules enter the (jee. Then, ek another vountee to point out wherein the yee ATP and RADPH bacome involved, Ast Where do the ATP and NADPH come from? (Both ATP and NADPH Come fom the ight dependent rae tions) Emphasize that he cavn Gye ses the energy of those high nergy molecules tom the light dependent reactions to keep the eye ging. ask What Is the prodiet of this cycle? (Two Scarbon frou) Have a volunteer describe tier Inthe cyl the two carbon mmoles are yielded. Ask What happens next to the 3-carbom molecules? (They are used to form one €-_| DI s-carbon Molecules Regenera molecule, whien aro uted Inte nex ee 2000 [ ¢-Carbon Suger | Bicad Two carson molecules a8 used to make a-carbon sugar ‘Sugars and other comoounde The Calvin Cycle j ‘The ATP and NADPH formed by the light-dependent reacto | contain an abundance of chemical energy, but they are not stable enough to store that energy for more than a few minut During the Calvin eyele, plants use the energy that ATP a | NADPH contain to build high-energy compounds that can be stored fora long time. CB} The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent reactions to produce high-energy sugars. The Calvin cycle is named after the ‘American scientist Melvin Calvin, who worked out the detail this romarkable eyele, Because the Calvin cycle does not requ light, these reactions are also called the light-independont reactions. Follow Figure &-11 to see how the Calvin cycle worl ep Sree sty by labeling the igh es Teactons the Colvin cyce, the na of the series of reactions that make up the light “independent reactions in most photcsyntheic = ark eto ‘an occur only in darkness, which