Target Student Performance
Students use an online computer model to make quantitative predictions of how changes in photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and combustion fluxes will affect the long-term trend in the atmospheric CO2 pool.
Resources Provided
- Global Computer Model
- 4.4 Global Computer Model PPT
- 4.4 Global Computer Model Reading (1 per student)
- 4.4 Global Computer Model Worksheet (1 per student)
- 4.4 Grading Global Computer Model Worksheet
Recurring Resources
- Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems (1 per student)
- Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems
- Questions, Connections, Questions Student Reading Strategy
- (Optional) Big Idea Probe: What Would Happen if We Cut Fossil Fuel Use in Half (1 per student)
- (Optional) Assessing the Big Idea Probe: What Would Happen if We Cut Fossil Fuel Use in Half
Setup
Prepare one copy of 4.4 Global Computer Model Reading and one copy of 4.4 Global Computer Model Worksheet for each student. Follow the link for the Global Computer Model short film to download it to your computer. Prepare a computer and projector for the film and 4.4 Global Computer Model PPT. You may want to prepare the poster papers around the room as described in step 4 of the directions.