Title: Carbon Cycle Web GameEarth Systems/Standard 5, Objective 1Description:
Students will explore a web game that identifies sources of carbon and the changesit goes through as it travels the carbon cycle.
Materials Needed:
computers with internet access
Time Needed:
30-40 minutes
Background Knowledge:
None needed, this is a good introductory lesson.
Procedures:
1.Hand out student sheet.2.Go over the procedures.
3.
Have students log on to the following website:http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html4.Give students time to work5.Discuss analysis questions.Answers:1.0.04%2.CO2, water vapor, methane & nitrous oxide – all these molecules vibrate whenthey absorb heat, they help keep heat in the atmosphere3.3%4.Photosynthesis is the process by which plants or other autotrophs take water andcarbon dioxide and change it into sugar and oxygen5.65%6.phytoplankton7.answers will vary8.No, carbon will cycle forever 9.Answers will vary10.More greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
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