In this fun plant biology activity, you will use a floating leaf disk experiment to measure how quickly plants can make oxygen from photosynthesis.

May 21, 2025 · There are many ways to teach photosynthesis in the classroom. Check out these 9 photosynthesis lab experiments.

We’ve compiled a selection of hands-on activities and experiments to help show students some of the concepts of photosynthesis in action.

When you see tiny bubbles forming on the leaf disks during this experiment, you’re actually observing the net production of O 2 gas as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Accumulation of O 2 on the disks …

Did you know that photosynthesis is how plants create food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water? In this simple photosynthesis experiment, kids will use spinach leaves to extract chlorophyll and …

Jul 11, 2025 · Explore simple experiments that reveal how plants utilize sunlight, water, and other essential elements to perform photosynthesis and sustain life.

This experiment shows that photosynthesis can occur in leaf in its green areas only containing chlorophyll and without chlorophyll no photosynthesis takes place.

In this lab, students explore the process of photosynthesis in spinach leaves. As oxygen is produced, the density of the leaves change and they will begin floating in a sodium bicarbonate solution.

Finding a good, quantitative procedure for students to use for exploring photosynthesis is a challenge. The standard procedures such as counting oxygen bubbles generated by an elodea stem tend to be …

In today’s lab, you will be designing an experiment to test the effects of light on photosynthesis. There are a number of possible ways these effects can be explored.