Take a deep breath before you watch this video. Viewers learn about how every breath is connected due to the cycling of carbon dioxide and oxygen. A split-screen video allows viewers to consider both cycles at once.

Concepts

the carbon cycle, oxygen, carbohydrates, mitochondrion

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video as part of a lesson on the carbon cycle

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have a basic knowledge of the carbon cycle
• Your class should understand chemical formulas, such as O2, CO2, and C6H12O6
• Note that C3H4O3 is pyruvate

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Video loops once so that viewers can focus on each side of the screen in succession
• YouTube site provides links to a narrated video

Cons

• None