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Carbon Cycle Role-Play
Duration: 45 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
How does the finite amount of carbon on this planet move around in the environment, from one place to another? How do the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact?
Grade Levels: 4-12
Duration: 45 minutes
Concepts/Skills: Developing & Using Models, Earth & Space Science, Carbon Cycle
Objectives:
- Recognize that there is a finite amount of carbon on earth.
- Model how carbon moves around in the environment, from one place to another.
- Identify how humans influence the carbon cycle.
Climate Standards Connections
| Next Generation Science Standards | ||
| Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
| 9-12 | HS-LS2-5 | Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. |
| Climate Change Connections | ecosystems greenhouse gases ocean warming | |
| Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary | Examples of models could include simulations and mathematical models. Assessment does not include the specific chemical steps of photosynthesis and respiration. | |