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Mrs. Swett's Science Site
Carbon Cycle and Global Warming
Environmental Science Step 5
Section 1: Climate and Carbon Cycle
Level 2 Learning Target
Knows the difference between weather and climate.
Knows the carbon cycle.
Knows the terms: greenhouse effect and global warming
Learning Activities
1. Factors that Influence Weather and Climate
2. Keeping Up with the Carbon Cycle
3. Carbon Cycle Poster
Section 2: Global Warming
Level 3 Learning Target
Understands how the carbon cycle is impacted by natural and human changes that could contribute to global warming.
Learning Activities
1. Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases
2. Global Climate Change Calculator
3. Vostok Ice Data
4. Project: Changing Earth
5. Study Guide
6. Carbon Cycle and Global Warming Test
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