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This assignment is dedicated to that under-appreciated element, Hydrogen. It’s the most common element in the universe, and constantly gets pushed around by oxygen, carbon, and all the other elements that would like to “borrow” an electron for a while. But you are able to read this (and lament the challenge of a homework assignment) because of hydrogen, or more specifically the energy production it enables.

Your task is to create a "Common Craft" style video or claymation video that describes the adventure of Henry Hydrogen as he takes a journey from being part of a water molecule in a cloud, to being incorporated into a glucose molecule, transferred to the muscle cell of some animal, and ultimately becoming part of a water molecule in a cloud again.

To create your story work first on Photosynthesis. A great idea would be to use Play Doh, paper cut outs, and white boards as manipulatives. Use the whiteboards as backgrounds / templates. For example, don't create thylakoids out of Play-doh, but instead draw them on a white board and then create and manipulate compounds and elements.


 * Create a consistent scheme (ex. ATP and ADP show difference in phosphate)
 * Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse
 * Film and stitch together using imovie or moviemaker.

Click Here to see examples of "Common Craft" videos and a tutorial of how to make one (works great for claymation with Play-doh as well).

Click Here to see some example videos from the past!


 * For Photosynthesis: **30 points


 * ** Hydrogen ** || ** Water ** || ** CO2 and O2 ** || ** ATP (ADP) ** ||
 * ** Glucose ** || ** RuBP ** || ** ATP Synthase ** || ** NADP+ (NADPH) ** ||
 * ** Electron Transport Chain (how electrons pull H’s to create H gradient ** ||||  ||
 * ** Photosystems ** || ** Calvin Cycle ** |||| ** An accounting of how many NADPH and ATP are required for one Glucose ** ||
 * ** PGal/G3P ** || ** Thylakoids ** ||  ||   ||

Repeat the process described above for Respiration - Both movies will be stitched together for a final production


 * For Respiration: 30 points **


 * ** Hydrogen ** || ** Water ** || ** CO2 and O2 ** || ** ATP (ADP) ** ||
 * ** Pyruvate ** || ** Acetyl Coenzyme A ** ||  || ** FAD (FADH2) ** ||
 * ** Glucose ** || ** Glycoysis ** || ** ATP Synthase ** || ** NAD+ (NADH) ** ||
 * ** Citric Acid cycle ** ||||  ||
 * ** Electron Transport Chain (how electrons pull H’s to create H gradient ** |||| ** An accounting of how many NADH, FADH2 and ATP are produced by one Glucose ** ||


 * Click here to embed your video project!**