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Provided by: The Nature Conservancy |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
This interactive carbon footprint calculator provides data for the carbon dioxide and methane emissions associated with travel habits, home energy use, food choices, and shopping habits.
Students answer questions about their habits and household to get an estimate of the emissions produced from daily life.
This calculator provides a number of different metrics that can be changed and customized to see the relative impact of different choices on carbon emissions.
Additional Prerequisites
Students will need access to a computer with Internet access to use the calculator tool.
Younger students will likely need to ask a parent or guardian about some of the information in the questions to complete the assessment.
Differentiation
Economics and social studies classes could discuss ways to incentivize choices that reduce carbon emissions and provide more equal access to sustainable food, transportation, and energy.
Math classes could use this tool to calculate which actions are are most effective at reducing emissions.
Science and biology classes could use this calculator to see the many sources of greenhouse gas emissions and use this foodprint calculator to get more details on emissions from food.
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