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Count the Trees
Provided by: ClimateScience |Published on: April 27, 2021
Lesson Plans Grades 3-5
Synopsis
- This math activity introduces students to the concept of greenhouse gas emissions and engages students in multiplication, division, and rounding.
- Students will answer questions related to emissions from electricity use, food production, transportation, plastic production, and clothing.
Subjects: Science, Mathematics
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource is a fun way to apply mathematical concepts that could appear abstract to the students.
- The teacher's guide includes an answer key.
- It contains some suggestions of climate-friendly activities.
Additional Prerequisites
- To provide additional context before this exercise, consider these resources about solutions to climate change, an interactive data table, this Foodprint Calculator, and carbon calculators like Carbon Check.
Differentiation
- With the climate-friendly activities listed on the handout as a guide, ask the students to make lists of other climate-friendly activities.
- Advanced students could consider drawing graphs using the data to compare the emissions of each activity and to calculate how many times they do each activity in a given period of time to get an accurate comparison.
- Other related resources include this video on how trees could cool down Phoenix, Arizona and this StC lesson plan on urban trees and inequality.
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