School Without Walls Biology

Here you will find resources for your Story of a Carbon Atom project.

• Project Rubric:The_Story_of_A_Carbon_Atom_Rubric_2011

Examples of Excellent Projects

• A Marathon Gone Wrong
• Carbonito and Friends
• Where in the World Is Carbon?
• captain_carbon_diffusion001 – Example of a good use of a diagram
• Diagram of lungs and relationship to photosynthesis
  
• Diagram relating photosynthesis and respiration

Carbon Cycle

• Interactive: http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/climatechange/movies/carbon_cycle_version2.swf
• Museum Exhibit: http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/carbon01.jsp
• Game: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html

Photosynthesis and Respiration

• BrainPOP video and quiz on photosynthesis and respiration: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078759864/student_view0/brain_pop_movies.html
• How Stuff Work Works video on photosynthesis: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11886-plants-photosynthesis-video.htm

Leaf anatomy and stomates

• Interactive about Leaf Anatomy: http://www.purchon.com/biology/flash/leaf.swf
• All about plant anatomy: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANAT.html