Ecosystems Activity 4.3 Overview

Target Student Performance

Students use an online computer model to describe how changes in carbon pools over time depend on the maximum possible rate of photosynthesis in an ecosystem.

Resources You Provide

  • Computer (1 per student of pair of students)

Resources Provided

Setup

Print a copy for each student of 4.3 Computer Model for Changing Fluxes Handout and 4.3 Computer Model for Changing Fluxes Worksheet . Set up a computer and projector for Fluxes Change and Photosynthesis Limits PPT.