Carbon Footprint
- Measure your carbon footprint.
- Discover what activities contribute to your carbon footprint.
- Compare your carbon footprint with that of an average European household, and with an average world household.
- Discuss what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
- Select actions you can take to reduce your carbon footprint by 50%.
Understanding the Greenhouse Effect!
In Part 1:
Modeling the Greenhouse Effect, students will do a lab that demonstrates the greenhouse effect, and will discuss the results of the lab.
In Part 2:
The Earth’s Energy Balance, students will color in a diagram, answer opinion questions, and perform a skit to understand Earth’s energy balance. Students will learn that most of the energy on Earth originates from the sun. The students will also learn what happens to the energy once it reaches the Earth’s atmosphere. Students will be introduced to the concept of greenhouse gases. The activity will close with a discussion of natural vs. human-induced changes in greenhouse gas concentrations.
Guiding Questions!
- What are greenhouse gases?
- What are the effects of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
- Where does most of the energy on earth originate?
- What happens to the energy once it reaches earth?
- What is the greenhouse effect?
CARB Activity