Topic outline

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  • Carbon Cycle
    

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  Carbon Chemistry

  • Carbon Chemistry – Teacher Demonstration File

    Teacher demonstration/student activity testing substances for carbon content.

  • Carbon Chemistry – Teacher Notes File
  • Carbon Chains – Student Activity File

    In this activity students compare the properties of slime with clay.

  • Carbon Chains – Teacher Notes File
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  Carbon Cycle

  • Respiration - Teacher Demonstration File

    In this demonstration students learn that plants respire too.

  • Respiration - Teacher Notes File
  • Photosynthesis - Student Activity File

    Students collect oxygen, as a by product of photosynthesis, and test it.

  • Photosynthesis - Teacher Notes File
  • Fermentation - Teacher Demonstration File

    In this teacher demonstration students can observe gases being produced through the process of fermentation.

  • Fermentation - Teacher Notes File
  • Solution - Student Activity File

    Across two simple activities students examine the solubility of carbon dioxide in cold and warm water. They then relate this to our oceans.

  • Solution - Teacher Notes File
  • Learn more about the relationship between salinity and the solubility of carbon dioxide, and how that relates to carbon capture and storage here.

  • Lithification - Student Activity File

    In this research activity students examine sediment and rocks as a carbon sink.

  • Lithification - Teacher Notes File
  • Carbon Cycle Poster - Student Activity File

    In this activity students take all they have learnt from this unit and use it to assemble a carbon cycle poster.

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  Radiocarbon

  • Radiocarbon – Student Activity File

    In this activity students examine data and categorise it as primary, secondary or proxy.

  • Radiocarbon – Teacher Notes File
  • Age Graphing – Student Activity File

    Students examine Carbon14 data and produce a graph for radioactive decay.

  • Age Graphing – Teacher Notes File
  • Carbon and the Carbon Cycle – Student Review File

    Activities to assist students with revision on carbon and the carbon cycle.

  • Carbon and the Carbon Cycle – Teacher Review File