TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Carbon Cycle
Video talks about the carbon cycle and uses a computer as a metaphor to show how the cycle can be disrupted by climate change. [3:55] Includes a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Project Learn: Where in the World Is Carbon Dioxide?
In this lesson on greenhouse gas, students conduct experiments to detect and collect carbon dioxide, then use titration to determine how much carbon dioxide is present in an indicator solution.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical cycles happen when individual elements are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. Two examples are the Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Cycle. Read an explanation of biogeochemical cycles and view a diagram of...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biology Quizzes: The Carbon Cycle
Assess your understanding of the carbon cycle with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is provided.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Knights of the Round and Round Table: The Carbon Cycle
Resource to help learn about the carbon cycle.
Center for Educational Technologies
Exploring the Environment: Global Climate Change
This tutorial looks at carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how changes can impact wheat production in Kansas.
Other
Elmhurst College: Virtual Chembook: Carbon Cycle
A step-by-step discussion of the stages in the carbon cycle. Each step includes a diagram further explaining the processes involved, as well as pictures depicting combustion, respiration, photosynthesis, and decomposition.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Carbon Dioxide Sources and Sinks
In this lab activity, students use a chemical indicator (bromothymol blue) to detect the presence of carbon dioxide in animal and plant respiration and in the burning of fossil fuels and its absence in the products of plant...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Carbon Dioxide Fertilization of Marine Microalgae Cultures
In this experiment, students investigate the importance of carbon dioxide to the reproductive growth of a marine microalga, Dunalliela sp.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Carbon Imbalance: Algae to the Rescue? [Pdf]
A 95-page learning module that integrates biology, chemistry, and engineering. It includes in-class labs, virtual labs, and engineering design activities. Working with algae, students learn about and investigate how photosynthesis,...
Other
The Geological Society: Climate Change: Evidence From the Geological Record
In this statement, The Geological Society describes the changes that are happening to the global climate in terms of what evidence has been observed in our geological history. For example, what happened during past events of rapid...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Calvin Cycle: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the Calvin cycle, and explain how it converts carbon dioxide to sugar. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Calvin Cycle."
Utah Education Network
Uen: Carbon Cycle Web Game
Students will explore a web game that identifies sources of carbon and the changes it goes through as it travels the carbon cycle.
Other
Water on the Web
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
NASA
Nasa: The Basics of Ocean Chemistry: Carbon, Circulation, and Critters
An explanation of ocean chemistry, supported by illustrations, for example, of the global carbon cycle in the 1980s and the annual carbon dioxide flux. The concentration of nutrients in the ocean is discussed for its impact on marine...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Carbon Cycle
This activity from NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory introduces students to the current scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. The activity leads them through several interactive tasks investigating...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Calvin Cycle: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the Calvin cycle, and explain how it converts carbon dioxide to sugar. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Calvin Cycle."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Calvin Cycle: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce the Calvin cycle, and explain how it converts carbon dioxide to sugar. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Calvin Cycle."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Calvin Cycle: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce the Calvin cycle, and explain how it converts carbon dioxide to sugar. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Calvin Cycle."
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Climate Science Info Zone
Media-rich interactive explores Earth's climate, investigating what might be causing the climate to change and how to prepare for it in the future.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide: Investigating Climate Present
Lesson plans on the following: Carbon cycle: Carbon Dioxide Sources and Sinks, Nitrogen Cycle: Traveling Nitrogen, Ocean and Atmosphere: Make Convection Currents, Energy Cycle: Albedo
BBC
Bbc: News: Guide to Climate Change
The BBC offers an interactive guide to climate change, including a sliding scale depicting climate change from 1885 to 2099, animation which explores how the greenhouse effect works, and detailed diagrams exploring the carbon cycle, the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Krebs Cycle: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the Kreb's cycle and explain how it is used to convert pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide. It is 2 of 6 in the series titled "Krebs Cycle."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Krebs Cycle: Lesson 3
This lesson will introduce the Kreb's cycle and explain how it is used to convert pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide. It is 3 of 6 in the series titled "Krebs Cycle."