A thought experiment to investigate carbon cycle processes

‘Tag’ a carbon atom – and explore the carbon cycle' is an Earthlearningidea thought experiment to investigate carbon cycle processes.

We can ‘mark’ genes with glowing colours to discover how they work – and so can produce mice that glow bright green. We can also tag organisms, from butterflies to whales, to find out about their lives and movement. Help your pupils to understand the carbon cycle by pretending to ‘tag’ a carbon atom so that they can ‘see’ it as it is carried around different parts of the carbon cycle.
Many more activities about Earth's natural cycles can be found on our website.