Carbon Cycle
Follow the path of a carbon atom through the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Manipulate a simplified model to see how human activities and other factors affect the amount of atmospheric carbon today and in the future.
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Follow the path of a carbon atom through the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Manipulate a simplified model to see how human activities and other factors affect the amount of atmospheric carbon today and in the future.
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Vocabulaire: Cycle de Carbon
CarbonCycleVocabF - French Translation
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Guide de l'enseignant: Cycle du Carbone
Carbon CycleTG - French Translation
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Exploration de l’élève: Cycle du Carbone
CarbonCycleSE - French Translation
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Task Card: Carbon Cycle - Human Activities
This task card can be used for remote learning or in class as a small group, a station, or individual act... (more)ivity. In this activity, students will create various carbon cycles to learn how different fossil fuels are created to explain how human activity affects the carbon cycle.
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Earth/Space Science, Environmental Science
Task Card: Carbon Cycle
This task card can be used for remote learning or in class as a small group, a station, or individual act... (more)ivity. In this activity, students will create various carbon cycles and describe their cycles using academic vocabulary learned from the Gizmo.
Best For:
Earth/Space Science, Environmental Science
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User Recommendations (5):
My students were engaged and I think they got a lot out of this.
Recommended for: Environmental ScienceGizmo User from New York
Great for Helping Students see how complex the Carbon Cycle is.
Recommended for: Earth/Space ScienceGizmo User from Nevada
Great for helping students understand the Carbon Cycle is complex.
Recommended for: Environmental ScienceGizmo User from Nevada