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6CO2 + 6H2O --------------> C6H12O6 + 6O2

                                        sunlight energy

Once upon a time...

a young plant named Billy wondered how he 

got his food. So he asked his favorite uncle, 

Bobby, "How do we get food Uncle Bobby?" 

His uncle said, "Well you see Billy, us plants 

use a process called photosynthesis to 

capture energy from sunlight to make 

sugars!" Billy was still confused so his uncle 

decided to take him on an adventure inside a 

magical land called green world!

      When Uncle Billy and Bobby arrived at green 

world, there were big displays of the light and dark 

reactions everywhere! "Uncle Bobby!! I know how the 

light reaction looks, but what does it do?" Uncle 

Bobby told Billy that the light reactions capture 

energy from sunlight, and so water is broken down 

while air is released. "But uncle, what about the dark 

reactions? How does that work? Uncle Bobby told 

Billy that the dark reactions use energy from the light 

reactions to make sugars. "Ohhhh, I kinda get it now." 

Billy said.

Light Dependent Reactions:

During this reaction, energy is absorbed 

from sunlight and is transferred to the 

Calvin Cycle. Oxygen and ATP are made.

Uncle Bobby was tired of teaching, but since Bobby 

was so eager to learn, Uncle Bobby decided to 

teach Bobby about cellular respiration. The 

following day after visiting green world, Uncle 

Bobby took his nephew to fry town so they could 

continue their learning adventure. When they got 

to fry town, Billy learned that cellular respiration 

releases chemical energy from sugars and other 

molecules to make ATP.

      In fry town, Billy learned that glycolysis, a part 

of cellular respiration had ten long steps. Uncle 

Bobby even told him that glycolysis doesn't require 

oxygen, and it splits glucose into two three-carbon 

molecules, to make two molecules of ATP. He even 

told Bobby that the products of glycolysis is 

broken down to make more ATP!

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