Year 10 / GCSE · Science

Plants

Year 10 / GCSE learners practise rate of photosynthesis gcse biology.

The activities include Understand How to Measure the Rate of Photosynthesis. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, practice. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Understand How to Measure the Rate of Photosynthesis

Checked learning resources

Pondweed photosynthesis-rate practical

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Oak GCSE Biology practical using pondweed, a lamp and timed oxygen production to measure how light intensity changes photosynthesis rate, with safe apparatus use and repeat measurements.
Planning the pondweed photosynthesis-rate investigation

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Oak GCSE Biology planning lesson for changing lamp distance and light intensity in pondweed while measuring oxygen bubbles or gas volume, controlling variables and planning repeats.
Evaluating pondweed photosynthesis-rate data

Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Oak GCSE Biology evaluation lesson analysing pondweed rate data, calculating means, identifying anomalies and uncertainty, evaluating bubble counts versus gas volume and improving reliability.
Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis Worksheet

Twinkl · Practice · Account may be required

This KS3/KS4 worksheet uses results from the GCSE pondweed investigation to calculate, interpret and evaluate the effect of light intensity and other limiting factors on photosynthesis rate.
Photosynthesis: factors affecting the rate (Foundation-aqa)

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 10 / GCSE Science foundation-aqa resource matched to rate of photosynthesis gcse biology.
Photosynthesis: factors affecting the rate (Foundation-edexcel)

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 10 / GCSE Science foundation-edexcel resource matched to rate of photosynthesis gcse biology.
Photosynthesis: factors affecting the rate (Foundation-ocr)

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Year 10 / GCSE Science foundation-ocr resource matched to rate of photosynthesis gcse biology.
Photosynthesis: factors affecting the rate (Higher-aqa)

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Year 10 / GCSE Science higher-aqa resource matched to rate of photosynthesis gcse biology.