Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Nitrogen, one of the most abundant elements in the universe, is essential to life. This interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta provides an overview of the nitrogen cycle. Includes background reading handout and...
Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: The Nitrogen Cycle Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students play the role of nitrogen atoms traveling through the nitrogen cycle to gain understanding of the varied pathways through the cycle and the relevance of nitrogen to living things.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
Activity
University of Missouri

Microbes in Action: "There's Something Fishy": The Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An opportunity for students to experience the nitrogen cycle through observing daily changes in an aquarium. Students test the level of three nitrogen compounds to understand the process of nitrification. Lesson plan gives a lab...