A short graphic novel connecting the carbon cycle, soils, and climate change

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
9-12
Lesson Area
Soils and Climate
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
Climate

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Energy flows and matter cycles within and among Earth's systems, including the sun and Earth's interior as primary energy sources. Plate tectonics is one result of these processes.
6-8 ESS2.E: Biogeology

[Content found in LS4.A and LS4.D]
9-12 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Feedback effects exist within and among Earth's systems.
9-12 ESS2.E: Biogeology

The biosphere and Earth's other systems have many interconnections that cause a continual co-evolution of Earth's surface and life on it.