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In conjunction with AGGP
Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Program
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gas, nature, methane, years, tractors,
oxygen, seaweed, photosynthesis,
animals, nutrients, grow, colour
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Carbon Craft Instructions
What is carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse
that is made
naturally. You even make carbon dioxide when you
breathe out. Carbon dioxide is produced by nature,
and is also used up by
. Things that
What you’ll need: Cardboard (optional), something to
colour with, scissors, glue and a paper fastener.
1. First colour and cut out all the pictures.
produce carbon dioxide are, fires, burning fossil
2. Glue the back ground onto the cardboard.
fuels (like gas) this happens when you drive a car.
3. Glue only the ground under the plant to the
What does carbon dioxide do?
background. The plant needs to be floppy.
A greenhouse gas traps warm air inside the
4. Get an adult to help you with step 5 and 6.
atmosphere warming the earth up. Other
5. Line up the three x’s on the plant, the circle
greenhouse gases are
and nitrous oxide.
Out of the three main greenhouse gases, carbon
dioxide is the least dangerous and if the most
affected by human activity. Carbon dioxide stays in
the atmosphere for 12
and the earth only
can take up half of the carbon dioxide that is
produced by humans.
The carbon cycle is the big circle the carbon travels
The
6. Punch the fastener through the three x’s and
you are all done!!!
Have Fun!!!
Carbon Word
The Carbon Cycle
in. It starts with cars,
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molecules. This is what makes carbon in carbon
dioxide (CO2).
After this the carbon dioxide can go into two
flowers on dry land. Since
, crops, trees
and flower are all plants they use up carbon dioxide
the plant separates the
plant separates the carbon from the oxygen. The
oxygen gets release back into the air for use to
breath and the carbon goes into the soil. However,
sometimes a plant can be eaten by an animal like a
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cow or a horse and they take up the carbon instead.
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The carbon is digested by the
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passed out of their system as manure. The carbon in
the manure then goes into the soil. The carbon that
enters the soil increases soil organic matter (SOM).
What is soil organic matter?
What can you do?
Carbon can enter the soil through the root system
Carbon dioxide isn’t all bad because plants use it to
of a plant, manure or a decomposing plant. All these
things help increase what is called Soil Organic
Matter (SOM). Soil Organic Matter is a mix of
carbon,
and dead things.
A high soil organic matter means that there is more
nutrients and mass to the soil making it fluffier and
better for plants to
make oxygen for us to breath, but too much CO2
isn’t good either. The earth can only use up 50% of
all the CO2 produced so we have to learn how to
reduce out carbon footprint.
Ride your bike or walk to school.
in. This would be soil a
black or brown colour and be very stick when wet.
Choose locally grown food.
A low soil organic matter means that there is a low
Try composting your leftovers instead of
amount of nutrients and mass to the soil. This soil is
often very sandy and not very good for growing
plants. The soil is often tan in
and very,
very sandy.
throwing them out.
Turn down the heat in your house.
Turn off lights or TV when you leave the
room.
Word Bank
Colour, grow, nutrients, photosynthesis,
tractors, methane, years, gas, nature,
oxygen, seaweed, animal
Ask your parents to use energy
efficient light bulbs.
Plant a garden, tree, or flowers.
Plants and Carbon Dioxide Colour Me
Oxygen
(O)
What makes up Carbon Dioxide???
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is made up of tiny little pieces
called molecules. These molecules make up what is
called an atom, and carbon dioxide is an atom. The
two molecules that make up a CO2 atom are two
Carbon
oxygen molecules and one carbon molecule. C- one
Dioxide
carbon, O2- dioxide (two oxygen).
(CO2)
Oxygen
Oxygen
Carbon
Carbon
(C)
Carbon dioxide goes into the plant, then the carbon
goes into the soil and oxygen goes into the air.
Colour the carbon grey and the oxygen red!