How can I reduce my Carbon Footprint?

**The Big Picture: Resource Issues – Why is it important to look after resources?

Lesson Objective: **

What footprint are we leaving behind on the planet?
What can we do to reduce our footprint?

Learning Objectives:

• Identify what a carbon footprint is
• Know how to reduce our carbon footprints
• To understand how people’s daily lives impact on the environment.
• Communication and debate skills, ability to think of solutions and reach a compromise

Expectations:

• All: To analyse map and information to extract facts relating to the state of the planet
• Most: To form an argument and have an opinion
• Some: To assess the costs and benefits of the life style options to people and the environment. To consider how other people’s opinions can influence decisions and behaviour

The lesson includes 4x quality downloadable resources:

• A full lesson PPT with a varied range of tasks
• Lighthouse Mystery Card Sort task - to help with reading and reasoning
• Student worksheet handout
• A detailed lesson plan

This lesson includes interesting debate and thought provoking ideas, video, photo discussion, card sort, extension activity and homework suggestions.

Enjoy!