What Is the Carbon Cycle?

• This short NOAA video and article explains the carbon cycle and the importance of carbon to life on earth.
  

Positives

• This is a great video and article with clear definitions.
• It is a good resource to introduce students to the carbon cycle.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the terms atoms, molecules, and DNA.
  

Differentiation

• This could be integrated into a physics class when talking about the law of conservation. 
• Chemistry classes could also use this as an example of a combustion reaction.
• There is a link that takes you to an article on the same site, which goes into more depth and gives a short education connection at the end. 

• Some related resources are this StC lesson plan, The Big Sinks: Understanding the Importance of Oceans and Forests in the Carbon Cycle, this Carbon Cycle interactive resource, and this experiment and lesson plan called Uptake of Carbon Dioxide from Water by Plants.
  

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