How is our nutrition affected when we alter ecosystems? (Factors affecting rate of photosynthesis; effect of pollution on agriculture and productivity) What are the perspectives with respect to world climate changes considering deforestation is taking place?
Area of Interaction/área de interacción
Approaches to Learning
Health and Social Education
Environment
Aims/objetivos
Students should:
Define nutrition as the obtaining of organic substances and mineral ions from which organisms obtain their energy and their raw materials for growth and tissue repair.
Define the term limiting factor, interpret (as limiting factors which affect photosynthesis) the effects of light intensity and carbon dioxide concentration.
Explain the use of CO2; enrichment, optimum light and optimum temperatures in greenhouse systems.
Describe the importance of nitrate ions for protein synthesis and magnesium ions for chlorophyll synthesis the uses, and the dangers of overuse, of nitrogen fertilisers
Content/contenido
Plant Nutrition – Photosynthesis. Iimportance of Photosynthesis and how plants affect a country and its economy.
Summative task / evaluación final
Practical performance, Lab reports, quizes, end of topic tests, models
