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Calculating Carbon Footprints with Arithmetic Operations

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SubjectToClimate

Subject Math • Science

Grade Level Grades 6-8

Resource Type Lesson Plan

Standards Alignment

State-specific

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CC (BY-NC-SA)

About This Lesson

Access Lesson Plan Here: Calculate Your Own Carbon Footprint

In this lesson, students calculate their own carbon footprint using Peter Kalmus's methodology in his book Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a short video on the climate crisis. Students engage in a brief discussion on the prompt "Do my individual actions matter?"

Step 2 - Investigate: Students calculate their own carbon footprints.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students engage in a discussion, reflecting on this activity and the importance of individual actions.

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February 13, 2023

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Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.2

Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.3

Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.1

Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram.

CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.2

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers.

CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.3

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.

Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies.