 Decide what your level of knowledge is for the carbon cycle. Mentally place yourself to a corner of the room based on that comfort level:  I’ve got it  With help, I could teach it  I have heard that we are carbon based  What’s carbon?  Now decide what your level of knowledge is for how the carbon cycle relates to the climate around the earth. Stay where you are or move to a corner of the room based on that comfort level.

 Developed by TERC, an independent, research- based organization whose mission is to improve mathematics and science education through teacher development and new curriculum development.  Free to teachers  Designed for High School students but this will be my third year using it with 7 th graders.  Part or whole  Let’s take a look:

 8 multipart labs with each part needing one class period  They are designed to scaffold upon each other but with some pre-teaching…  Teacher concept background provided  Search: EarthLabs for Educators   On the left column click on Climate and the Carbon Cycle

 On the left column click on Lab Overviews to discover what is offered  Think about your TEKS and see what parts of these labs would fit in  When you find a Lab that you might be able to use, go ahead and click to complete a quick exploration

 One of the key concepts to understanding the relationship between Climate and the Carbon Cycle is best seen though an activity called Connections Circle (Lab 2C)

PINE BARK BEETLE INFESTATION A WARMING CLIMATE CO 2 IN ATMOSPHERE INCREASES

 Decide what your level of knowledge is for the carbon cycle. Move to a corner of the room based on that comfort level.  Now decide what your level of knowledge is for how the carbon cycle relates to the climate around the earth. Stay where you are or move to a corner of the room based on that comfort level.