Introduction & Overview

Tools for reasoning for teaching experiments at elementary, middle and high school level focus on carbon-transforming processes in socio-ecological systems at multiple scales, including cellular and organismal metabolism, ecosystem energetics and carbon cycling, carbon sequestration, and combustion of fossil fuels. To see more details about tools for reasoning and the overview of all moduels, please dowload the files (Word; PDF).

The material in tools for reasoning includes following four parts:

 

Tool 1. Powers of Ten

• PowerPoint Slides:
  • Powers of 10 introduction: The one-meter square (download PPT)
    
  • Powers of 10 slide (download PPT)
• Student Handouts:
  • Powers of 10 handouts (download Word)
• Wall chart
  • Illustrated Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT) 
  • Partially illustrated Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT)
  • Blank Powers of 10 wall chart (download PPT)

Tool 2. Matter and Energy Process Tool

• PowerPoint Slides
  • Process Tool slide (download PPT)
• Stuent handouts
  • Matter and Energy Process Tool Handouts (download Word)
• Wall chart
  • Process tool wall chart (download Word )
  • Matter, energy, and scale symbols (download Word)
  • Illustration of processes (download Word)

Tool 3. Molecular Model Kits

• Teacher kit: 24 hydrogen, 36 oxygen, 6 carbon, 24 nitrogen, and 80 springs.
• Student kit for group of 3 students: 12 hydrogen, 18 oxygen, 6 carbon, 2 nitrogen, and 36-40 springs.

Order online: http://www.indigo.com/models/molecular-models.html