## Homework

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: THE CARBON CYCLE GAME

In this interactive game, you are going to play the role of carbon atoms. You will travel through the carbon cycle. For information to help you with this assignment, read:

1. The animation found on the website: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
2. Resources you find by entering the term "carbon cycle" into a search engine such as Google.

Write a creative story about your trip through the carbon cycle. Include information about:

- Where you went,
- How you got to each destination, and
- What happened to you while you were there?

Your story must meet the following criteria:

- Your carbon atom must complete a cycle. In other words, it must end in a location similar to where it started.
- Your carbon atom must spend time at least once in each of the following locations:
  - The atmosphere
  - A living thing
  - The ocean
- Each time your carbon atom moves, describe what caused it to move.
- For each location your carbon atom goes to, identify whether the compound your carbon atom is in, is in a gaseous, liquid, or solid state.