June 2011
Highlighted resources
New GLBRC research-oriented newsletter
Upcoming Events and Professional Development Opportunities
We've revised and revamped some of our existing activities.Please take a look at the new and improved versions.
Investigating the Carbon Cycle in Field Systems
Following carbon from the atmosphere to plants to the roots to the soil and back to the atmosphere involves a complex series of interactions. The set of activities helps students break down components of the carbon cycle to model and measure carbon as it moves through different parts of this system. The activities are broken down into two main categories, 1. atmosphere to plant -- with a focus on photosynthesis and carbon sequestration in roots; and 2. soil to atmosphere--with a focus on soil microbial activity that decomposes plant material and returns carbon to the atmosphere.
Students analyze data detailing global energy sources and sinks (uses) and construct a diagram to show the relative scale and the connections between them. Discussion of scale, historical, socio-environmental and geographic variation in this data and implications for future energy use are included.
New GLBRC research-oriented newsletter
GLBRC communications is now producing a quarterly newsletter with research and event updates from Center. See a sample newsletter and sign up by clicking here.
Upcoming Events and Professional Development Opportunities
Other events: For details on the events below, please visit our website calendar
June 20-24, 2011—GK-12 Summer Workshop, Kellogg Biological Station, Gull Lake, MI
June 20-25, 2011—Bioenergy Institute for Educators, Madison, WI
June 29, 2011—WAAE, Wisconsin Association of Agriculture Educators, Green Bay, WI
August 21-26, 2011—International Short Course on Biofuels, E. Lansing, MI
We encourage you to visit our website at least once a month to look for new materials we have posted. http://www.glbrc.org/education
Feel free to contact us with questions or feedback at or call 608-890-2828. If you know others who would like to be added to this list, please send us their contact information including name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, city, state and day-time phone number.
GLBRC is supported by the Department of Energy and DOE Bioenergy Research Centers
