STRATEGIC

INTERVENTION MATERIAL
IN SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY II
Least Mastered Learning Competency

Compare the light and dark

reactions in photosynthesis.

Wheres my Food?

Guide card What is photosynthesis?

Students Note
After reading this page
I still do not understand
Now I understand what
the lesson is all about.
What I think about the things to
do.
Easy
Hard
For this lesson, I want to study
it
Alone
With one of my
classmates.
Within the group

Plants, algae, and other

chlorophyll-bearing organisms
capture light energy and use it
to produce food. This energy is
passed on to animals that feed
directly on plants or on other
animals that have fed on plants.
The entire process of capturing
light energy to produce food is
called photosynthesis. The
equation is:
6CO2 + 6H2O + light chlorophyll
(energy)
C6H12O6 + O6

Remember.
Photosynthesis is two
stage process. The
light reaction
that took place in
the grana of the
chloroplast and the
dark reaction
that took place in
he stroma of the
chloroplast.

In the light-dependent process, light

strikes chlorophyll in such a way as
to excite electrons to a higher
energy state. In a series of
reactions, the energy is converted
(along an electron transport
process) into ATP and NADPH.
Water is split in the process,
releasing oxygen as a by product of
the reaction. The ATP and NADPH
are used to make C-C bonds in the
dark reaction. The photosynthetic
process, in which food(sugar)
molecules are formed from the
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
with the use of ATP can occur in the
dark as long as ATP is present.

Photosynthetic General Equation

AT HAPPENS IN PHOTOSYNTH

Arrange the jumbled letters to

Activity card 1
produce a word.
_________ 1. TAP- formed during
light reaction.
_________ 2. YGXONE- gas given off
by plants.
_________ 3. TRELECON- energized
during
reaction.
_________ 4. AWTRE- splits into
hydrogen and
oxygen.
_________ 5. LOPHYOLRCHL- traps
light energy.

Activity card 2
Study the diagram below and complete it using the words in the box.
SUN

Light
energy
Is absorbed
by
Energy carrier that becomes ENERGIZED CHLOROPHYLL that
supplies energy
spli to
ad
an
t
d
d
p
2
H
That are trapped
by
NADP (H
acceptor)
formin
g

to
That is released

For use in
the dark
reaction

( energy
carrier)
forming

That stores
energy

Word box
for activity card 2

Water Oxygen
NADPH2 Water
Chlorophyll

Activity card 3

THE DARK
The fixing
of carbon in a carbohydrate
REACTION
Combines with

A five carbon sugar in the

chloroplast ( CO2 acceptor)
That is gain used
by combining and substituting
To
To combine with CO2 H for a phosphate
form
A very
unstable
RDP and
That splits quickly and
forms
That can be used
H2O that is released
PGA, a 3-carbon compound As nutrient or converted to
As a by- product
and forms
that
combin2H supplied by NADPH2 from the light reaction
es with( energy supplied by conversion of ATP to ADP )

Word Box
for Activity Card 3

PGAL 6 carbon sugar

ADP
2 molecules
Glucose Carbon dioxide

Assessment Card 1
Check it out!
Study the following illustrations
below. Differentiate each
stage of photosynthesis.

Students Note

What reactions occur?

What I already
know about this
page?
___________________
___________________
What I learned
from this page?
___________________
___________________
What I still want to
know about this
page?
___________________
___________________

Assessment Card 2.
Self-check
Encircle the letter of the correct answer

1. Which of the following reactions is also known as photo

phase?
a. Light dependent b. Light independent c. Anaphase
2. Which of the following reactions is also known as synthesis
phase?
a. Light dependent b . Light independent c. Metaphase
3. What kind of energy is used to split two molecules of water?
a. Light b. Proton c. Neutron
4. What is the energy source of the cell?
a. NAD b. ADP c. ATP
5. What is made up of 5-carbon sugar and an important carbon
dioxide acceptor?
a. ATP b. RUDP c. PGAL

6. Which co-enzyme capture the hydrogen

molecules?
a. NADP b. RUDP c. PGAL
7.How many carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are
present in a glucose molecule?
a. C6H12O6 b. C5H11O2 c. C12H6O12
8. What are the end product in dark reactions?
a. ATP and NADPHb. sugar c. enzyme
9. In which part of the cell does light reactions
take place?
a. thylakoids b. stroma c. stomata
10. In which part of a plant cell does dark
reactions take place?
a. thylakoids b. stroma c. stomata

Enrichment Card
Students
note

What I already know

about this page?
_____________________________
_____________________________
What I learned from this
page?
_____________________________
_____________________________
What I still want to know
about this page?
_____________________________
_____________________________

Sentence completion
The ___________ is the
conversion of light energy into
chemical energy. The light
dependent reaction includes
the conversion of __________
energy into electron energy,
then into short-term energy
storage __________. The
__________ reaction involves
the conversion of short-term
energy storage to long term
energy storage
___________.

Spot the Difference

Reference Card
Dela Cruz, Susana B.
Biology ( Pheonix Next Century)
Agar, Irene C. et.al.
Science and Technology II
Internet Explorer

Answer card
Activity No. 1

Activity No. 2

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Chlorophyll
Water
Oxygen
NADPH2

ATP
oxygen
electron
water
chlorophyll

ATP

Activity No. 3
CO2
6 carbon sugar
PGAL
Glucose
ADP

Assessment No. 1

A. Dark reaction or light

independent
reaction
B. Light reaction or lightdependent reaction

Assessment No. 2.
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. B

6. A
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. B

Enrichment
Card
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Photosynthesis
Light
ATP
Dark
Glucose