Lesson Plan: Biosphere 2: A Faulty Mars Survival Test Gets Second Act
Grades 9-12
Biosphere 2, constructed in the Arizona desert during the late 1980s, was an exciting yet challenging model of planet Earth. The structure set out to teach about the pillars of sustainability by examining a thermodynamic closed system, the delicate cycling of nutrients, and man’s ecological footprint. Students will examine thermodynamic systems, learn how matter and energy move through the planetary system, and understand how Earth sustains itself.
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