Reducing Your School's Carbon Footprint Gr. 5-8

By George Graybill

Bring climate change to the classroom by teaching students about their school's carbon footprint. Our resource helps students determine their school's carbon footprint and what they can do to make it smaller. Identify fossil fuels used at school and how they make your life more convenient. Brainstorm ways to reduce energy used in your school. Recognize the benefits of adding idle-free zones to your school. Explore events in the history of a slice of bread that caused the emission of greenhouse gases. Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide trees would remove from the atmosphere if they were planted around the perimeter of your school. Complete a project that will lead to a reduced school footprint. Find out how carbon offsets help reduce a school's carbon footprint. Written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEAM initiatives, additional graphic organizers, carbon footprint calculator, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CCP Interactive
• Release date: Jan 12, 2009
• ISBN: 9781553199328

Book preview

REDUCING YOUR SCHOOL'S CARBON FOOTPRINT

Climate Change Series

Written by George Graybill, Ph.D.

GRADES 5 - 8

Reading Levels 3 - 4

Classroom Complete Press

P.O. Box 19729

San Diego, CA 92159

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ISBN-13: 978-1-55319-477-4

eISBN: 978-1-55319-932-8

© 2010

Permission to Reproduce

Permission is granted to the individual teacher who purchases one copy of this book to reproduce the student activity material for use in his or her classroom only. Reproduction of these materials for colleagues, an entire school or school system, or for commercial sale is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. Printed in Canada. All rights reserved.

Critical Thinking Skills

Reducing Your School's Carbon Footprint

Based on Bloom's Taxonomy

Contents

Assessment Rubric

Reducing Your School's Carbon Footprint

Teacher Guide

Our resource has been created for ease of use by both TEACHERS and STUDENTS alike.

Introduction

As students begin to learn about global climate change, they will soon discover that the looming causes and effects are not only something for them to worry about, but something they should learn to prevent. Here they will find that the antidote