In this study we transform a recently created photosynthesis literacy framework to enacted curriculum in an educational design research (EDR) study, with the ultimate aim of fostering photosynthesis literate citizens by providing a more relevant photosynthesis education, based on its importance for sustainability and relevance to other pressing societal issues. The study was conducted over a year in Sweden in seventh-grade secondary school classes and in collaboration with two biology teachers. The EDR was divided into three stages: (i) piloting, (ii) developing a new teaching design, and (iii) three rounds of evaluation and development to finesse a teaching design that builds on the aforementioned photosynthesis literacy framework and consists of four themes, which are detailed in 25 learning objectives. In the three developing and evaluation rounds the teaching design was enacted by the two teachers in their biology classes. In between the rounds, the teaching design was analysed, revised, and re-revised. The final teaching design settled on and presented herein consists of ten lessons. This teaching design can be used to reinvent photosynthesis education in a way that makes it more relevant for students. It also addresses many of the known misconceptions related to teaching and learning about photosynthesis.