The SUN Chloroplast E-book is a free resource for self-guided exploration. It can be used independently by undergraduates and in a targeted way by high school biology and AP biology students to explore the "HOW" and "WHY" of PHOTOSYNTHESIS. This interactive environment was developed by the SUN Project of Milwaukee School of Engineering through IES and National Science Foundation funding. It can be accessed at http://www.msoe.edu/academics/research_centers/sun/. The CHLOROPLAST page allows one to explore protein complexes of the electron transport chain in the context of a David Goodsell molecular landscape, the SUN Project manipulatives and a simple schematic. Animations in all three contexts set the stage for further exploration. An ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN page synchronizes the detailed path of electrons (HOW carbon is fixed) with the z-scheme (WHY electrons move). Pages devoted to key protein complexes such as PHOTOSYSTEM II and PHOTOSYSTEM I allow one to explore the effect of light, the path of electrons and the relationship to the z-scheme in the context of schematics, animations and additive protein structures. The ATP SYNTHASE and proton pump (CYTOCHROME b6f) pages similarly allow intuitive exploration. Advanced, interactive Jmol tutorials provide in-depth analysis of structure/function relationships. Members of the original SUN Project team and the Undergraduate SUN Project Research Group, led by SUN Director, Ann Batiza Ph.D., contributed to this e-book. Mark Hoelzer led the technical production. This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under award number R305B070443 and by the National Science Foundation under award number DUE-1044898. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute of Education Sciences nor of the National Science Foundation.

• published: 22 Aug 2013
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