Environmental Literacy                                        
    

      Michigan State University

Carbon cycle
 
Systems and Scale

High School Version

  • Teacher's Guide (Word; PDF)
  • Reading for students (Word; PDF)
  • Embedded Assessments (Worksheets) for students (Word; PDF)

Middle School Version

  • Teacher's Guide (Word; PDF)
  • Reading for students (Word; PDF)
  • Embedded Assessments (Worksheets) for students (Wrod; PDF)

Elementary School Version

  • Teacher's Guide (Word; PDF)
  • Reading for students (Word; PDF)
  • Embedded Assessments (Worksheets) for students (Word; PDF)

PowerPoint (with handouts) for elementary, middle, and high schools

1. Powers of 10 introduction: The one-meter square (download PPT)

2. Powers of 10: Slides (download PPT); Handouts (download Word)

3. Process Tool: Slides (download PPT); Handouts (download Word)

Wall charts for elementary, middle, and high schools

1. Powers of 10 wall charts
      a) Illustrated Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT)
      b) Partially illustrated Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT)
      c) Blank Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT)

2. Process tool wall chart
      a) Process tool wall chart (download Word )
      b) Matter, energy, and scale symbols (download Word)
      c) Illustration of processes (download Word)

 

Digital balance for the burning fuels activity

An inexpensive balance, accurate to 0.1g can be used for measuring mass change in the combustion activities.

Triton T2 550 Digital Scale 550g x 0.1g

    odrer online:  http://www.northshorecare.com/my-weigh-triton-t2.html

 

Teacher feedback forms

System and scale unit feedback forms (Elementary)    (middleschool)    (high school)

 

We are interested in learning how the units worked for you. Please return the forms as E-mail attachments to Andy Anderson <andya@msu.edu>, or by mail to:
Charles W. Anderson
319A Erickson Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824.