Title: What is your carbon footprint?
This activity will have students reflect on the opportunities for reducing emissions and the many benefits from these solutions. Students will create an account through your community group and estimate the current carbon footprint of their household. They will input their household’s use of transportation, appliances, heating and cooling systems, red meat consumption, and waste.
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Description:This activity will have students reflect on the opportunities for reducing emissions and the many benefits from these solutions. Students will create an account through your community group and estimate the current carbon footprint of their household. They will input their household’s use of transportation, appliances, heating and cooling systems, red meat consumption, and waste.
Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences – Earth and related environmental sciences
Education Level: Secondary school
Education Use: Assessment
Author: Brian Henning Date added: 07-04-2022Language: EN
License type: Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY) 
Primary User: Teacher
Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Guidelines
Technical type (IEEE LOM): Text – Document
Time to read: 70min
Learning outcomes:
- Have a general understanding of Carbon Footprint
- Have a general understanding of Energy Efficiency
- Have a general understanding of Sustainability
DigComp competence area: 4. Safety – 4.4 Protecting the environment
DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems
Link: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/75956
Notes:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93QKvDDg0Eg&ab_channel=LisaAltieri
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdPOxrtjk9Y&ab_channel=LisaAltieri
Key words: emission, Footprint, household
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