Carpooling
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Type: Articles/Websites
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Project Drawdown, Daniel Kane, Ruth Metzel; Senior Fellows: Mamta Mehra, Eric Toensmeier, Ariani Wartenberg; Senior Director: Chad Frischmann
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Synopsis
- This article from Project Drawdown details how modestly increasing carpooling can significantly reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by 2050, supporting other important climate solutions.
- Students will learn about the cost-saving and environmental benefits of increasing carpooling and get practice reading a brief scientific report.
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Positives
- It provides an example of a simple, no-cost solution that many people can participate in.
- The sidebars, headings, subheadings, and clickable links will help students comprehend the concepts presented.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand the concepts of carpooling and carbon emissions.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes when learning about human behaviors that can make a difference for the climate or in math classes that are working with real-world examples of equations.
- Try using this resource in conjunction with another solution from Project Drawdown and have students compare and contrast the feasibility and impacts of each of the proposed actions.
- After reading and discussing the details presented in the article, have students create a flier urging people to carpool more often.
This website introduces a solution to reducing emissions by making carpooling more feasible. A brief introduction of reducing emissions by reducing the emissions of single occupancy vehicles, by encouraging the use of carpooling is provided. A methodology, scenario, and a model are provided; along with a results and discussion section concerning the feasibility of making carpooling more attractive. This site would be a great addition to a lesson discussing alternative methods to reducing carbon emissions. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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