Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Transport of Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the principles of oxygen and carbon dioxide transport within the human body, and understand the structure of hemoglobin.
Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental Chemistry: Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining the importance of carbon as the basis for life, carbon dioxide's role in photosynthesis and respiration, carbon in the ocean and lithosphere, the impact of human activities on the carbon cycle, carbon that seems to be...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Carbon Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of energy cycles by learning about the carbon cycle. They will learn how carbon atoms travel through the geological (ancient) carbon cycle and the biological/physical carbon cycle. Students will...
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Carbon: Where Does It All Go?

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from NASA you can understand how phytoplankton help the carbon dioxide levels between the oceans and the air stay in balance.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive introduction to the carbon cycle. The cycle of atoms between living and non-living things is known as a biogeochemical cycle. The most common of these are the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Organs and Structures of the Respiratory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn and understand the structures that make up the respiratory system, and then apply that knowledge to understand the process of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange.
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Sources, Sinks, and Feedbacks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about how the Earth's carbon cycle works, as they examine the relationship between levels of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere and the temperature of the ocean's surface. Includes online student...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dinosaur Breath

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, students learn about the geological (ancient) carbon cycle. They investigate the role of dinosaurs in the carbon cycle and the eventual storage of carbon in the form of chalk. Students...
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Atmosphere and Oceans: Composition of Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the different parts of the atmosphere and how pressure and temperature changes at different altitudes.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Do Bread and Beer Have in Common?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are presented with information that will allow them to recognize that yeasts are unicellular organisms that are useful to humans. In fact, their usefulness is derived from the contrast between the way yeast cells and human cells...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Importance of Photosynthesis

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explains what the products of photosynthesis are, how we depend on this process for the oxygen we breathe, how it maintains the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen in the environment, and how it supports all other living organisms...

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