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3.4 How is carbon released from the soil?

Soil and Carbon Lab

View a lab to investigate how carbon is released from the soil and what could be giving off the carbon.

How does carbon move between plants and soil?

Gather more information about the relationship between soil and carbon by watching an animation.

Soil Respiration Reading

Gather information from text about soil processes to investigate ways carbon is released.

Revisit Plant Soil Model

Revise a model to include new ideas to explain how carbon is released from the soil.

Soil Microscopy Images

Make observations of highly magnified images of soil bacteria.

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The development of this material was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL 2100808. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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