T3 W4

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the Carbon cycle to help us understand key questions of climate politics which will help us understand our context of Elections better.
• We are EXPLORING the Carbon cycle by observing the processes within it by investigating the presence of carbon dioxide in our experiments and connecting this to what is currently occurring in our environment.

Kia ora, 

Plan for the week is as follows: 

Monday:   Bases - notes and activity 

Wednesday: Carbon cycle theory notes

Thursday: Carbon Cycle game and lab worksheet 

Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria: I can/have...

• • describe the cycling of carbon through the carbon cycle,
  • outline the role of microorganisms in the carbon cycle,
  • identify the processes that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,
  • identify the processes that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,
  • explain the importance of the carbon cycle for living organisms,
  • interpret and explain the processes in diagrams of the carbon cycle.