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Earth Day: Carbon Footprint - ACTIVITY

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This is a great Earth Day activity. I found it very helpful in teaching students about our carbon footprint.
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Earth Day Activity! The objective of this fun activity is for the students to determine their role in the carbon cycle. They will learn whether their daily carbon footprint is sustainable or unsustainable.

Earth Day Carbon Footprint - Activity

  • As a teacher, use this activity to go over the concept of responsible sustainability.  It highlights causes of both nature-made and man-made sources of carbon waste.  
  • In the accompanying free video are directions on how the students can complete "The Carbon Footprint Activity." Click the following link for the accompanying video: Earth Day: Carbon Footprint - Learn about Sustainability
  • The following free video (click link) can also be used with this activity. Earth Day: CO2/O2 Cycle in the Biosphere
  • Be sure to also download (click the link) the Earth Day: Carbon Footprint HANDOUT, which is a transcript for the video.
  • Teachers and substitute teachers can play the video in tandem with the activity and then instruct the students to work on The Carbon Footprint Activity.
  • This activity and the video can be used as a classroom discussion on Carbon Sustainability.
  • This is a handy activity for a substitute teacher, homeschooling, long term class project, and as a science fair project.
  • It is perfect for those studying in the environmental sciences and Mars colonization.
  • Be sure to check out the Earth Day: Carbon Footprint Bundle!

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5.  Earth Day Bottle Biosphere Project Directions (Printable Version) at:  

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1 page
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Teaching Duration
30 minutes
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Standards

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NGSSMS-LS2-3
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasis is on describing the conservation of matter and flow of energy into and out of various ecosystems, and on defining the boundaries of the system. Assessment does not include the use of chemical reactions to describe the processes.
NGSSMS-LS2-1
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.

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