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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Mapping the Impact
Lesson Description:
Students create a webs diagram to illustrate environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with everyday items. This activity expands the concept of "ecological footprint" to consider impacts of a given lifestyle on people and societies. Students develop ideas to reduce the ecological footprint and associated impacts related to an everyday item.
Students will:
Students create a webs diagram to illustrate environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with everyday items. This activity expands the concept of "ecological footprint" to consider impacts of a given lifestyle on people and societies. Students develop ideas to reduce the ecological footprint and associated impacts related to an everyday item.
Students will:
- Identify resources, processes, and impacts embodied in material goods
- Analyze interconnections among lifestyle, population, economy, and environment
- Determine ways to reduce ecological footprint and other impacts associated with material goods
Lesson Type:
- Other
Sustainability Topic:
- Waste Reduction
Standards Addressed:
National Council for the Social Studies
National Science Education Standards
National Council for the Social Studies
- III People, Places, and Environments
- VII Production, Distribution, and Consumption
- IX Global Connections
National Science Education Standards
- F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Materials Needed:
- Handout: Hamburger, Fries, and a Cola (1 per student)
- (Optional) Cards: What Does It Take to Make? (1 per group of 3-4 students)
- Large sheets of butcher or chart paper (1 per group)
- Colored marking pens (3-4 per group)
Submitted By:
Facing the Future
Facing the Future
School or Group:
Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org)
Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org)
Contact Email:
office@facingthefuture.org
office@facingthefuture.org
Notes:
See entire unit at https://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/PreviewandBuyCurriculum/tabid/550/CategoryID/16/List/1/Level/a/ProductID/1/Default.aspx
See entire unit at https://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/PreviewandBuyCurriculum/tabid/550/CategoryID/16/List/1/Level/a/ProductID/1/Default.aspx
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