Biogeochemical Cycles

Today's Learning Goals: 

By the end of today's lesson, I will...

• Be able to describe the cycling of matter as it relates to the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles

• Be able to describe how human activity has impacted each of these biogeochemical cycles 

• Have calculated my water footprint and my carbon footprint 

What is your "water footprint"?

This calculator estimates your total water use! Let's use the calculator to find out how much water we really use in our day to day lives. 

Now that we have an idea of our water footprint, let's take a look at our carbon footprint. 

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions.