ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does matter cycle on Earth?
LEARNING TARGET: Analyze models that show the transfer of matter in the carbon cycle.
BENCHMARKS: SC.8.L.18.3
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
-Identify and describe where in the Earth the carbon cycle occurs.
-Explain the role of carbon and the effects on carbon reservoirs.
-Explain how the element carbon cycles through living and nonliving things.
Unit 4 Assessment make-up/correction
BELL RINGER: read directions for poster
VOCABULARY: carbon dioxide, cycle, energy, fossil fuels, oil, sediments, photosynthesis, respiration, greenhouse gas, bacteria, producers, consumers, decomposers, carbon cycle, oxygen, energy
HOME LEARNING: complete poster
AGENDA
WHOLE GROUP
Students received directions to make a carbon cycle poster and read those as their bell ringer.
Students corrected unit assessment 4 or made up the exam.
Students then worked on their posters in class, which traced the flow of carbon through the spheres of earth and included one human interaction.