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Link to Resource:	https://www.earthsciweek.org/classroom-activities/carbon-travels
Resource Type:	Classroom Activities; Curricula and Instruction
Grade Level:	5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Language:	English
Organization:	American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Summary:	We find carbon everywhere on Earth ─ in trees, rocks, fossil fuels, oceans, and even you! Carbon doesn’t stay in one place, through. Scientists study how carbon moves from one place to another. This is the carbon cycle. The Industrial Revolution, starting in the 1700s, saw a move to large-scale manufacturing and the use of new technologies, such as steam power and electricity. This led to a huge increase in burning of carbon-rich fossil fuels, releasing into the atmosphere carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) that had been buried underground for millions of years. How did these human actions affect the carbon cycle?
Earth Science Big Ideas:	Big Idea 7; Big Idea 9
NGSS Discplinary Core Ideas:	ESS3.A; ESS3.C; ESS3.D
Subjects:	6-8; 9-12; activities; atmosphere; carbon; carbon dioxide; climate change; earth; earth science week; energy resources; geology; high school; middle school; nasa; natural resources; oil and gas; rocks
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ClimateBits: Fast Carbon, Slow Carbon by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2015)

Greenhouse Gases by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

NASA Computer Model Provides a New Portrait of Carbon Dioxide by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2014)

Using the Very, Very Simple Climate Model in the Classroom by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Climate Change #1 , Carbon Cycle Capture by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2010)

Climate Change #3 , Carbon Sinks by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2016)

Interactive Labs: Carbon Cycle by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Global Warming? by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2003)

Carbon Dioxide Can Make a Solution Acidic by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Is our climate headed for a mathematical tipping point? by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2014)

An Acid Reaction by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Natural Gas Formation by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Understanding Ocean Acidification by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Lose the Blues with CO2! by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Energy Resources: Natural Gas by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Modeling an Oil Reserve by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Exploring for Petroleum , Modeling an Oil Reserve by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Properties of Fluids in Reservoirs by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Watch the Earth Breathe in Stunning 3-D (article and video) by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2016)

Oil Trap Model by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Earth: The Operator's Manual, Climate and Energy Issues by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

EarthComm: Earth's Natural Resources by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Exploring Energy with GIS by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Nevada Division of Minerals by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Extreme Oil, For Teachers: Exploring the Science of Oil by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2004)

Carbon Cycle and Your Town by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Traveling Nitrogen by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels 101 by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Products Made from Petroleum by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Biofuels and bioprospecting for beginners by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2013)

How does fracking work? by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: (2017)

Getting the Oil Out by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Particle Size and Oil Production by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Arizona Geological Survey (AGS) by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Michigan Geological Survey (MGS) by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society, Inc. by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Panhandle Geological Society (PGS) by American Geosciences Institute (AGI); Earth Science Week (ESW); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)