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Aim: How do people affect the carbon cycle?

Aim: How do people affect the carbon cycle?. James Bishop Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts. PPA Step 1. The Carbon Cycle. What is Carbon?. What is the Carbon Cycle?. Click me to Find out!. Click Below to find out!. PPA Step 1. Carbon Emissions.

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Aim: How do people affect the carbon cycle?

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  1. Aim: How do people affect the carbon cycle? James Bishop Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts

  2. PPA Step 1 The Carbon Cycle What is Carbon? What is the Carbon Cycle? Click me to Find out! • Click Below to find out!

  3. PPA Step 1 Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere absorbs heat • Burning Fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. • Deforestation of the rainforest Makes it harder for plants to soak up the Carbon Dioxide

  4. PPA Step 2 What the problem with carbon dioxide? • What does this graph tell you about carbon dioxide emissions? • The amount of CO2 is increasing. • Why is this so bad? • Global Warming or Climate Change • Increased Temperature

  5. PPA Step 3 What causes increased carbon emissions? • Carbon Emissions come from many different sources. • Identify some of the different sources of carbon emissions in your everyday life.

  6. PPA Step 4 What are we doing about carbon emissions? • The environmental protection agency (EPA) has taken many steps to try and reduce carbon emissions. • Look at the EPA Webpage and find some strategies that they are using to reduce emissions!

  7. PPA Step 4 Are out policies working? • Evaluate the graph! • Do you think our current policies on carbon emissions are effective? Why?

  8. Sources and Links • http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/cycles6.htm • http://wolgemuthe.psd401.net/Global%20sci/06%20-%20earthcycles/lessonplans/06earthcycles13.htm • http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele006.html • http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/EPAactivities.html • http://ete.cet.edu/gcc/?/resourcecenter/slideshow/3/1

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