Monitor Your Climate FoodPrint
Overview
In this assignment, students will track and determine their own carbon foodprint by using an on-line carbon calculator to better understand the impact their food choices have on the global climate budget.
Activity Type:
Lesson
Target Grade Level:
6-8, 9-12
Estimated Duration:
20 minutes
Topics:
Caribbean, Food Systems
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. HS-ESS2-4: Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate. HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity. |
Created by:
Climate Kids
