High School Earth Science
Nutrient Cycling: Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water
Follow nutrients as they move through a living system.
Students track nitrate as algae take it up and brine shrimp return it. The sealed bag shows carbon moving between air, water and living things.
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NGSS HS-ESS2-6
Standard: Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
What the kit does: Students model carbon moving between the water, the air in the bag, and the organisms.
NGSS HS-LS2-3
Standard: Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
What the kit does: Students use their data to explain how matter cycles through the algae and shrimp.
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Nutrient Cycling: Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water
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Nitrate Removal Over Time
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