Teaching Carbon Cycles in High School Biology
High school science students frequently hit a wall when asked to track matter through an ecosystem. Their biggest mistake is assuming that carbon somehow vanishes when an organism dies or when a tree burns. They see the smoke or the decaying log and assume the mass is... read more
Analyzing Human Impact on California Earth Systems for High School
“Analyze complex interactions between California Earth systems, evaluating how human modifications to one system create cascading effects on others, including how groundwater extraction causes land subsidence affecting infrastructure, and how wildfire changes... read more