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The movement of carbon: The fast carbon cycle
Online Lesson | 30 Sep 2026 | Start: 17:00 | DURATION: 1.5 HOURS Specification content
3.1.1.3 The carbon cycle
Factors driving change in the magnitude of these stores over time and space, including flows and transfers at plant, sere and continental scales. Photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion, carbon sequestration in oceans and sediments, weathering.
Learning outcomes
- Students to understand how carbon moves between stores over short timescales.
- Students to understand the role of living things in the movement of carbon.
- Students to be able to describe and explain the processes involved in these transfers, including: photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition and combustion.
- Students to understand movement of transfer between the carbon stores, studied above, at a range of scales.- Including plant, sere and continental.
Suggested timing
1.5 hours
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Course Module: Water and carbon cycles (Autumn 1) | Lesson The movement of carbon: The fast carbon cycle:
Online Lesson | 30 Sep 2026 | Start: 17:00 | DURATION: 1.5 HOURS
Specification content
3.1.1.3 The carbon cycle
Factors driving change in the magnitude of these stores over time and space, including flows and transfers at plant, sere and continental scales. Photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion, carbon sequestration in oceans and sediments, weathering.
Learning outcomes
- Students to understand how carbon moves between stores over short timescales.
- Students to understand the role of living things in the movement of carbon.
- Students to be able to describe and explain the processes involved in these transfers, including: photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition and combustion.
- Students to understand movement of transfer between the carbon stores, studied above, at a range of scales.- Including plant, sere and continental.
Suggested timing
1.5 hours
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