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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Stabilization Wedges Game
Lesson Description:
Students will explore the options of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They will discover that certain "wedges" of energy emissions need to be cut in order to avoid harmful environmental and health outcomes. Students will work together to find carbon-cutting solutions, and learn along the way that there is no clear cut answer to these issues.
Students will explore the options of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They will discover that certain "wedges" of energy emissions need to be cut in order to avoid harmful environmental and health outcomes. Students will work together to find carbon-cutting solutions, and learn along the way that there is no clear cut answer to these issues.
Lesson Type:
- Project
- Other
Sustainability Topic:
- Energy
GEF Program Category:
- Green Energy Challenge
Time Needed:
2-3 standard (40-50 minute) class periods to prepare for and play
2-3 standard (40-50 minute) class periods to prepare for and play
Standards Addressed:
National Science Content Standards:
National Science Content Standards:
- Systems, Order and Organization
- Science as Inquiry
- Science in Personal and Social Perspective, Natural and Human Induced Hazards & Environmental Quality
Materials Needed:
See Student Game Materials at end of packet:
See Student Game Materials at end of packet:
- 1 copy of instructions and wedge table per student (print single-sided to allow use of gameboard pieces!)
- 1 wedge worksheet and 1 gameboard with multi-colored wedge pieces per group, plus scissors for cutting out
- game pieces and glue sticks or tape to secure pieces to gameboard
- optional - overhead transparencies, posters, or other materials for group presentation
Submitted By:
GEF, on Behalf of Princeton's Environmental Institute
GEF, on Behalf of Princeton's Environmental Institute
School or Group:
GEF
GEF
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Green Energy Challenge | Science
