Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 31 · Reaction Dynamics and Water Chemistry

Oceans Absorb Carbon

Modeling carbon cycling between air and ocean and noticing what we absorb from the people and media around us.

Self-awarenessGrade 10About 20 minutesGrade 10

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Students will: Students model carbon moving between air and ocean and explain how absorbed carbon dioxide makes it harder for shellfish to build shells.
SEL skill: Notice what you absorb from people and media and how it affects your thinking
What it looks like: Students recognize emotions by noticing what they absorb from people and media, like the ocean absorbs carbon.
Content focus: Oceans absorb carbon
Format: Think write pair share

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Standards

HS-ESS2-6: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
Science and engineering practice: SEP2 Developing and using models
Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle IV: There are no permanent or impermeable boundaries that prevent matter from flowing between systems
Literacy in science: RST.9-10.7 Translate between quantitative or technical information in words, tables, graphs, and equations.
Traditional course: Chemistry

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