Where Does All the Carbon We Release Go?

• This short video explains the basics of the carbon cycle, fossil fuels, and how human activity is impacting the natural systems. 
• Using animated images, the video describes how human activity has overloaded Earth's carbon cycle. 

Positives

• This video provides a great introduction to the carbon cycle and climate change for students.
• The video is brief and uses animated visuals to make the content easy to understand for all ages.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers may want to review the link provided in the "learn more" section to share more information with students before or after viewing the video.
• Students may never have heard of the carbon cycle before watching this video. Consider explaining this in more depth with students before or after viewing.
  

Differentiation

• Subtitles are provided and a transcript is available in 33 languages.
• Additional resources on this topic include this interactive carbon cycle game and this video introduction describing the significance of 1.5 degrees of global warming.
  

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