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Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
What Is the Carbon Cycle?
Provided by: NOAA |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This short NOAA video and article explains the carbon cycle and the importance of carbon to life on earth.
Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: NOAA
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This is a great video and article with clear definitions.
- It is a good resource to introduce students to the carbon cycle.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the terms atoms, molecules, and DNA.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This could be integrated into a physics class when talking about the law of conservation.
- Chemistry classes could also use this as an example of a combustion reaction.
- There is a link that takes you to an article on the same site, which goes into more depth and gives a short education connection at the end.
- Some related resources are this Carbon Cycle interactive resource, and this experiment and lesson plan called Uptake of Carbon Dioxide from Water by Plants.
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