Carbon cycle – three-level reading guide
In this activity, students read about the carbon cycle using a three-level reading guide.
Sunflower
Living things are made up of carbon and need carbon to survive.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
locate information in the text
interpret what the author means
apply the information.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student handout.
Nature of science
Identifying the science ideas embedded in visual representations used to model the carbon cycle develops student capability Communicating in Science as well as to model processes as part of an approach used to investigate in science. The use of the three-level reading guide can support students to identify the purpose of texts used in science as part of building capability in Communicating in Science.
Useful links
Consider using the science capabilities questions to build students’ understanding of the carbon cycle, particularly those in the capabilities ‘Interpret representations’ and ‘Use evidence
http://scienceonline.tki.org.nz/Introducing-five-science-capabilities
