The resource shows the relationship between GDP and CO2 emissions.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should know how to read a line graph.
Students should be familiar with the terms gross domestic product and carbon emissions.
Differentiation
Statistics and math classes could examine and discuss the mathematical relationship between the change in GDP and the change in CO2 emissions.
Economics classes could evaluate the data from the United States and discuss how the relationship between GDP and CO2 emissions might be starting to change.