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Description
Yuck! That might be the first reaction when students hear they will be showing their feet for sustainability, but this entertaining activity carries a serious message. Climate change poses a growing threat to our planet, and it is crucial that we take steps to change our habits and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This hands-on craft invites students to reflect on their personal environmental impact by tracing the outline of their foot onto a poster and exploring their individual carbon footprint. Through creativity and fun, they will identify practical ways to conserve energy and reduce emissions, while developing a deeper understanding of how they can become thoughtful stewards of Earth's future.
General Assessment
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This activity aligns with Grade 4-6 Science curriculum exploring the greenhouse effect, human impacts on natural systems and habitats, renewable vs. non-renewable energy resources and the relationship between weather and climate.
Engaging students in analyzing personal carbon footprints provides a framework for a stewardship project that promotes environmental action. By tracking individual tons of carbon dioxide produced before and after adopting reduction strategies a class could create a school display of their "footprints" with tips for saving energy. Climate Hero has a free, online tool available here that also has great ideas for youth involvement in sustainability.
Relevant Curriculum Units
The following tool will allow you to explore the relevant curriculum matches for this resource. To start, select a province listed below.
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- Alberta
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- Grade 4
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Grade 5
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Grade 6
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- British Columbia
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- Grade 4
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- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
- Science 4:Energy can be transformed
- Grade 5
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- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 5: Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Northwest Territories
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- Grade 4
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- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
- Science 4:Energy can be transformed
- Grade 5
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- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 5: Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
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- Grade 4
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- Science & Technology
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- Life Systems: Habitats and Communities
- Grade 5
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy & Resources
- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
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- Life Systems: Biodiversity
- Matter and Energy: Electrical Phenomena, Energy, and Devices
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
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- Grade 4
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space
- Grade 5
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space
- Living Things
- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space
- Living Things
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 4
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 4: All living things sense and respond to their environment
- Science 4:Energy can be transformed
- Grade 5
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Science 5: Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Citizenship (1)
- Ecological Footprint