| 8:00 am |
Overview
Introductions: What is the Carbon Cycle Project and who are the team members?
- Who are you and where do you come from?
- Outline of activities: Carbon Activity Framework
- Show plant-a-plant set up in the room (poster, hand-outs, experiment examples) we will be open to answering questions during breaks and lunch throughout the week
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| 8:25 am |
What do students know about the carbon cycle and its relation to climate change?
- Intro: (pre-assessment) KWL What do you Know and What to know about carbon, the carbon cycle, and the nature of systems
- Perform: Carbon Cycle Adventure Game- Record the pools and fluxes from the C cycle diagram, read the story and draw your own version of the carbon cycle (L-what did you learn)
- Discuss: Why is the carbon cycle important? How does it relate to you?
- Connections to other resources (DLESE, NSDL)
- Mini-Lecture: How do scientists measure and understand the carbon cycle through terrestrial ecosystems?
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| 10:15 am |
Modeling Introduction
- Perform: Paper Clip Factory Activity
- Discuss: What is modeling? Why do scientists model? Modeling terms and concepts.
- Show: Modeling Activity Sequence - Handout
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| 10:45 am |
Break |
| 11:00 am |
Field Introduction
- Discuss: Why do we measure trees? How do we measure trees?
- Show: Circumference/DBH Activity, Biomass Units Activity, Human Allometry Activity
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| 11:15 am |
Field Measurement
- Perform: Brainstorm methods to answer the question: How much Carbon is stored in our schoolyard? (Inquiry)
- Discuss: Similarity to current Landcover Sample Site Set up
- Discuss: Tree tagging, tree ID (species groups), tree circumference documents
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| 11:30 am |
Data Input and Analysis
- Discuss: Review all concepts that students should know before data entry & analysis
- Perform: Plot biomass analysis examine sample data and analysis questions
- Perform: Compare field data to model data
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| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15 am |
NPP/Biomass model in STELLA
- Read teacher guide background
- Build 1 box biomass model from reading on white paper
- 3 Essential Questions for this modeling activity
- Discuss: GLOBE Carbon Cycle model software (STELLA), using the iSee Player
- Demonstrate: 1 Model run for Boulder, Colorado
- Lat Long
- Temp, Precip, Biome Turnover
- Use graphs and table to fill out row 1 of student worksheet
- Indicate how to change run simulation time (to 200yrs)
- Give instructions and remind of 3 essential questions
- Perform: simple model runs using a given set of parameters
- Run model under "local" conditions so it can be used later in comparison to field data
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| 3:45 pm |
Wrap Up
- What lies ahead for the Carbon Cycle Project?
- Evaluation
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| 4:15 pm |
Plenary — End of day check-in (CG-1 Auditorium Room 1212) |
| 4:45 pm |
Buses depart for Outlook Hotel |
