Biogeochemical Skits
1. Within your group, define the key terms associated with your cycle.
2. Design a skit that shows all parts of the cycle. BE CREATIVE!
3. Your skit must include information on
- how the element is released into the atmosphere, bodies of water, in the soil
- how it is used by living things
- how the amount of the element in the cycle never changes (except the energy cycle!)
- How human activity affects the cycle
- How your cycle contributes to sustaining life on earth
4. Make skit props
5. Decide what parts people will need to play to act out the cycle
6. Perform your skit
Water Cycle
water
water cycle
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
transpiration
run-off
seepage
root uptake
Phosphorus Cycle
phosphorus cycle
phosphates
decomposition
weathering
run-off
nucleic acid
Sulfur Cycle
sulfur cycle
sulfur
volcanic emission
atmospheric deposition
sedimentation
Nitrogen Cycle
nitrogen
nitrogen cycle
proteins
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
decomposition
run-off
atmospheric nitrogen
denitrification
excretion
Carbon Cycle
carbon cycle
carbon
photosynthesis
respiration
combustion
fossil fuels
atmospheric CO2
decomposition
erosion
deposition
Energy Cycle
energy cycle
solar energy
geothermal energy
tidal energy
energy degradation