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Forest learning: How is carbon stored?

Text Forest learning: How is carbon stored?

TLF ID M016070

This resource is a ten-page pdf produced by Forest and Wood Products Australia about the role forests play in reducing climate change. It includes sections on: properties of carbon; how carbon is cycled in ecosystems; the chemical formula for photosynthesis; and calculating CO2 stored in trees. The resource also includes questions and an outline of a class activity to calculate the carbon dioxide stored in a local tree. The resource is supported by photographs and diagrams.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This may be a useful resource for the year 10 science curriculum, Science Understanding strand. The information on natural carbon storage provided in the pdf is relevant to the content description referring to how global systems, including the carbon cycle, rely on interactions involving the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.
  • This resource is also relevant to the mathematics year 9 curriculum, Number and Algebra strand. The numerical information on tree volumes and carbon storage is relevant to the content description referring to exploring the relationship between graphs and equations corresponding to simple rate problems.
Year level

9; 10

Topics Primary industry Atmosphere Environmental management Carbon cycle Ecosystems Photosynthesis Climate change Oceans Cellular respiration
Learning area
  • Mathematics
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Forest and Wood Products Australia Ltd (FWPA)
  • Organization: Forest and Wood Products Australia Ltd (FWPA)
  • URL: http://www.forestlearning.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Forest Learning
  • Organization: Forest Learning
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.forestlearning.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Image
Rights
  • © 2011 Forest and Wood Products Australia Ltd (FWPA). Provided all acknowledgements are retained, this material may be used, reproduced and communicated free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes within Australia and in overseas schools where the Australian curriculum is taught.