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Biology Unit 2 (Round 4)
Ecosystems: Matter & Energy

What causes fires in ecosystems to burn and how should we manage them?

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Unit Resources and Lessons Documents

B.2.Biology.Cover.The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_

Unit Resources

Unit Overview Materials (Unit Overview, NGSS Elements, Teacher Edition, Student Edition)

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Lesson 2

What role do permafrost and peat play in zombie fires?

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Lesson 5

How do zombie fires disrupt the flow of energy and cycle of matter in arctic ecosystems?

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Lesson 8

How can we help manage the matter and energy in fire systems?

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Unit Resources

B.2 Student-Facing Videos 

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Lesson 3

Why is there so much peat?

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Lesson 6

Where and what is happening to other carbon sinks? 

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Lesson 9

What decisions can we make to help manage fire in communities we care about? 

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Lesson 1

How can fires burn under ice and release so much carbon?

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Lesson 4

Why were there so many plants (to make peat) in the Arctic?

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Lesson 7

Why should we be concerned that carbon sinks around the world are burning?

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Lesson 10

Can we use everything we have figured out about fires to explain a new phenomenon?

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