{"id":186,"date":"2015-05-27T09:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T13:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science\/?p=186"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:54:58","slug":"exploring-photosynthesis-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/exploring-photosynthesis-through-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring photosynthesis through art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Photosynthesis<\/strong>: the conversion of light energy to chemical energy that is stored in suguars or other orgnic compounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/photosynthesis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/photosynthesis.jpg\" alt=\"photosynthesis\" width=\"735\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/photosynthesis.jpg 735w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/photosynthesis-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all learned this, but photosynthesis is more than that!\u00a0 It provies the oxygen that we need to produce energy, it helped to create the ozone, and is a key metabolic process that supports the basis of most food chains on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the pigments that plants produce to harness the energy of the sun can also be utilized for artistic endeavors.\u00a0 Although not all function directly in photosynthesis, plants produce numerous pigments &#8211; chlorophylls (green), carotenoids (yellows and orange) and phycobillins (red, purple, blue).\u00a0 To explore this pigment diversity, the summer botany class (BOT 3015) utilized extracted pigments to create biological art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/pigment-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/pigment-art.jpg\" alt=\"pigment art\" width=\"838\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/pigment-art.jpg 838w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/05\/pigment-art-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photosynthesis: the conversion of light energy to chemical energy that is stored in suguars or other orgnic compounds. 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