This 52-page report describes the ways we can attempt to decrease emissions from the aviation sector in a socially just manner.
The report is broken into nine chapters and includes numerous graphics such as photographs, charts, infographics, and maps.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This paper emphasizes the role of environmental justice in limiting air travel and air transport for an equitable transition to a more sustainable world.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should have a strong understanding of climate change and know how to read a bar graph.
Differentiation
Because the article is long and dense with information, teachers should consider assigning different groups of students to read and then present each of the 9 chapters.
Cross-curricular connections can be made with math courses by using the charts to discuss climate change and social justice.
Civics and economics courses can discuss the policies, taxes, and financial incentives that can be used to influence change in the aviation industry.
Scientist Notes
This resource is recommended to provide knowledge on the carbon footprint from airplanes and ways to degrow the sector and transition to a 100% clean transportation system. There is no contradiction in the content of this resource.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
HS-ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Civics
D2.Civ.12.9-12 Analyze how people use and challenge local, state, national, and international laws to address a variety of public issues.
Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
D4.7.9-12 Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and complex causal reasoning.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Reading: Science & Technical Subjects (6-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.10 By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
