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The Incredible Carbon Journey

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Description

In this activity, students explore the way that human activities have changed the way that carbon is distributed in Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere.

Performance Expectations

MS-LS2-3   Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Science and Engineering Practices

  • Construct an explanation using models or representations.
  • Use and/or develop a model of simple systems with uncertain and less predictable factors.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

  • Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate.
  • Photoelectric materials emit electrons when they absorb light of a high-enough frequency.

Crosscutting Concepts

  • Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.
  • Matter is conserved because atoms are conserved in physical and chemical processes.
  • Models can be used to represent systems and their interactions—such as inputs, processes and outputs—and energy and matter flows within systems.
  • Systems may interact with other systems; they may have sub-systems and be a part of larger complex systems.

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