• This resource applies algebraic lessons on linear systems to determine whether it is more environmentally friendly and cost-effective to own an electric vehicle rather than a gas vehicle.
• Students watch a step-by-step video, answer guided questions, and solve problems using interactive graphing tools to learn how to construct a system of equations, estimate values with a table or graph, and solve the y=mx+b equations using the substitution and elimination methods.

Positives

• There are guided notes for students and an answer key for teachers.
  
• This resource includes online interactive tools to graph, create tables, answer questions, and create and solve equations.
• Teachers can make a copy of the Google form to collect responses to reflection questions on the activity.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers and students need to create a free account to access some of the materials.
• Although outside of the scope of the lesson, you could include information about alternative transportation-related climate solutions (such as public transportation) and the possible social implications of producing a vehicle, many of which are difficult to measure in economic terms.

Differentiation

• This resource includes free guides on how to use the resource in different classroom settings, including in-person, online, and hybrid settings.
• Teachers are also given access to the data used in the resource, which more advanced students could work with to solve other questions.
• This resource can also be used in economics classes during lessons about cost-benefit analysis and in civics classes during lessons about policies aimed at reducing the effects of the transportation sector on the climate.

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