Activities for Conceptualizing Climate and Climate Change, Perdue University
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Students investigate how much greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide and methane) their family releases into the atmosphere each year and relate it to climate change. To address this, students use the Environmental Protection Agency Personal Emissions Calculator to estimate their family's greenhouse gas emissions and to think about how their family could reduce those emissions.
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change Resource Type: Activities Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14) Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science, Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Environmental Science, Teach the Earth:Enhancing your Teaching:NGSS
