Target Student Performance
Students identify carbon pools in Earth systems and investigate the fluxes associated with human use of one pool: fossil fuels.
Resources Provided
- 4.2 Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuels PPT
- 4.2 Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuels Reading (1 per student)
- Time-lapse history of CO2 Emissions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAhZ1fA1AJs
Recurring Resources
- Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems (1 per student)
- Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems
- Four Questions Poster and/or Handout
- Questions, Connections, Questions Student Reading Strategy
Setup
Print enough copies of the 4.2 Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuels Reading and Four Questions Handout so that each student has one copy of each. Prepare a computer and projector for the 4.2 Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuels PPT. You may want to print and post the Four Questions Large Poster for the rest of the unit.