Carbon Footprints, Climate, and Civic Causes
Overview
Students make connections between environmental science and civics as a means to impact the environment and the quality of life using sources from the Library of Congress and science concepts to consider the role as civic environmentalists. Students identify how humans have influenced climate change since the Industrial Revolution and a variety of methods that will give students the power to affect the climate of tomorrow. Students then calculate their own carbon footprint and use the EPA material to create an action plan to impact change.
Related Resources
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Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faster rate of global warming
Washington Post October 31, 2018 -
Panoramic View of Mount Rainier
Guided primary source analysis activities -
Conservation & Environment
Primary sources & teaching resources
Grade
High School
Subjects
Civics, Science
Length
minutes
Topics
carbon footprint, climate change, environment, environmental problems, Environmental Protection Agency, environmental science, EPA, recycle, reduce, reuse
Author
Citizen U DePaul