Earth and Space

Knowledge and Skills Statement

Earth and space. The student knows that natural events and human activity can impact global climate.
Glossary terms and definitions are consistent across kindergarten through high school in the TEKS Guide. The definitions are intended to give educators a common understanding of the terms regardless of what grade level they teach. Glossary definitions are not intended for use with students.

the process that moves carbon between plants, animals, microbes, minerals in the Earth, and the atmosphere; the cycle of carbon in Earth's ecosystems in which carbon dioxide is fixed by photosynthetic organisms to form organic nutrients and is ultimately restored to the inorganic state (as by respiration and combustion)

Research

Hoover, Katherine Street. “The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: "Using an Active, Problem-Based Approach to Understand the Carbon Cycle and Climate Change.” The Science Teacher 87, no. 1 (2019): 22–28. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26899184

Summary:  "The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change" uses a collaborative, inquiry-based learning opportunity to help students understand the carbon cycle as having carbon reservoirs (areas that absorb and store carbon) and carbon fluxes (mechanisms that move carbon between reservoirs.) Opportunities are provided to connect to impacts on global climate and possible action for community-based solutions.