Description
This cycling of matter in ecosystems lesson and activity is great for learning about how carbon, oxygen, water, and nitrogen flow through ecosystems. This lesson focuses on helping students retain science content in their long-term memory while having fun!
This resource provides an overview of four different cycles of matter!
This lesson is specifically designed to reduce student cognitive load with researched-based strategies!
This goes well with the Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson/Activity.
- A print and digital version is included.
This Cycles of Matter in Ecosystems Lesson/Activity Covers:
- matter
- Law of Conservation of Mass
- cycles of matter: water, nitrogen, carbon, oxygen
- water cycle
- how clouds are formed
- evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, runoff, infiltration
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen fixation
- decomposers
- carbon cycle
- photosynthesis and cellular respiration
- carbon dioxide and methane
- decomposition
- oxygen cycle
- processes that use and produce oxygen
- and more!
This Cycles of Matter in Ecosystems Interactive Activities Include:
- KWL
- drag-and-drop
- outside resources
- fill in the blank
- and more!
There are 45 slides in all, and an answer key is included.
This lesson pairs well with NC Essential Standard: 8.L.3.3
When you purchase this resource, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file that is compatible with Google Slides™. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is also a PPT version.
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