What is the relationship between soil and the Earth’s atmosphere? Students will explore the connection between what happens below and above the ground. They will learn about the vital role soil plays in the carbon cycle.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Carbon Cycle
soil air
carbon
Climate Change
climate change and soils
Soil Basics
Soil Biology

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
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.