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Carbon cycle passport
This engaging session will increase learners knowledge of the carbon cycle and human impacts on it. Learners simulate a molecule of carbon’s movement through various parts of the carbon cycle, before acting out different human impact scenarios. By inspecting differences before and after 6000 years ago, learners can begin to develop an understanding of the onset of human environmental impacts on different Earth systems processes.
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Preparation
What you need
- passports for each student
- stamps or stickers for each station
Seven each of:
- dice
- station signs
- movement cards
- 'after human interference' cards
Location
Indoors or Outdoors
Resources
NHM Carbon Cycle Passport.pdf
4.01 MB
Curriculum links
Material cycles and energy - Photosynthesis
- the reactants in, and products of, photosynthesis, and a word summary for
photosynthesis - the dependence of almost all life on Earth on the ability of photosynthetic organisms,
such as plants and algae, to use sunlight in photosynthesis to build organic molecules
that are an essential energy store and to maintain levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere
Earth and atmosphere
- the carbon cycle
- the composition of the atmosphere
- the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate
Experimental skills and investigations
- ask questions and develop a line of enquiry based on observations of the real world, alongside prior knowledge and experience
- make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding
Analysis and evaluation
- present reasoned explanations, including explaining data in relation to predictions and hypotheses
Human and physical geography
- understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems
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