Carbon Footprint

CA 3rd - 5th Grade Science

5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

How can you reduce your carbon footprint?

Ready

Our meal choices create a carbon footprint on the planet. What is a carbon footprint? Watch a portion of the video "The Story of Stuff" to start to get an idea of how your lifestyle impacts the planet. Think about how your daily eating habits impact the planet you live on. You will explore your personal carbon footprint and then create your own poster which expresses your personal pledge to making a change in what you eat to reduce your carbon footprint.

Set

Explore the "Food" lifestyle area that influences one's carbon footprint on the following website:

         Zerofootprint: Footprint Calculator

Expository Questions

1.) What is a carbon footprint? 

2.) What did you learn about what you eat?

3.) What are three actions of yours that you think you can change in order to decrease your carbon footprint?

Go

Open the "How To Create A Poster" attachment and follow the prompts.

Follow Up Questions

1.) What did you learn from your fellow classmates' posters?

2.) What did you like about this lesson and activity?