The Force is not Just in Star Wars (lesson on photosynthesis, cellular respiration, the conservation of mass and the conservation of energy)

Phase 1: Your Jedi Training

Lesson 1
Your master Jedi, or teacher, is now going to send you on your first mission as a Padawan learner. The lesson today will teach my young Padawans why we need the Force (energy) and how it flows through every cell in your body, around us and binds everything together as taught by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.  Your first step into a larger universe will be to learn what makes up a cell before you understand how energy flows through it.
Start you journey to a larger universe using a computer to research the structure of plant and animal cells:

1. Create a drawings of plant and animal cells noting the names and functions of major organelles.
2. Consider the following questions:
   i. Which cellular organelles are common between plant and animal cells?
   ii. Which cellular organelles are unique to plant and which are unique to animal cells?
   iii. How do plant cells and animal cells obtain energy 

Once you have completed the drawings of plant and animal cells your Jedi Master (teacher) will check your understanding by reviewing your drawings and your response to a question about the cell before you can move to the next lesson. Once your Jedi Master approves your understanding you may move to the next lesson. 

Lesson 2
Good work my young Palawan. Now it is time to lean more about the nature of the Force (energy). my young Padawans lets review what we have learned about plant and animal cells.  In your second lesson it is important to learn the true nature of the Force (energy).  Clear your mind and think about what you have learned. Now imagine energy flowing into a cell and consider: 

1. How do cells obtain energy?
   i. What is a autotroph?
   ii. What is a heterotroph?
2. Where does the energy come from?
3. Is energy created?
4. How do cells store energy?
   i. What molecules are needed to store energy?
   ii. What molecules do cells use to store energy?
5. Consider the following questions:
   i. What is the chemical process used by autotrophs to capture and store energy?
   ii. What is the chemical process cells use to stored energy?

Phase 2: Apply what you have learned my young Padawan

If you fell that you have mastered this Padawan lesson and are ready for the trials complete the problem to demonstrate before starting on your mission. Think on this for a while and then work with a fellow Padawan to discuss your ideas on how to solve this question. When called upon by your Jedi Master (Teacher) share your ideas with your fellow Padawans.

Your Challenge

To travel from Tatooine to Coruscant will need to travel with 10,000 molecules of glucose if you are traveling in coach where they do not provide food. In order for the plant that creates your food to generate the 10,000 molecules of glucose how many molecules of carbon dioxide and water will you need. Also, how many molecules of water will you be able to bring on your journey in case they stop serving drinks in coach.

Phase 3: Your first mission
In the final part of your training as a Padawan you will be asked produce a poster, environmental pamphlet, or PowerPoint presentation to be placed in the achieves at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant that describes a balanced existence for you as a consumer in the food chain. What kind of producer output will be required to sustain your life and how many atoms of carbon and nitrogen will need to be added back t the environment to sustain the producers.