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Description
This resource focuses attention on the relationship between human consumption and environmental degradation, with particular attention paid to declining biodiversity.
Students first become familiar with a number of concepts including consumption, resource depletion, ecological footprint, biodiversity and sustainability. They then determine their individual ecological footprints with the help of on an on-line calculator. After discussing their results with a partner students answer a set of reflection questions and complete a handout to assess their understanding of the key concepts.
Students can access the footprint calculator from Zero footprint Youth.
General Assessment
What skills does this resource explicitly teach?
- analyzing one's ecological footprint
Strengths
- all materials are provided
- the footprint calculator is easy to use
- it provides personal and meaningful activities for the students
Weaknesses
- the resource is short on material but it is meant to be a one-class lesson
- the extension activities could have been developed in order to provide more substance to the resource
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Interaction of Ecosystems
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- Social Studies 6: Environment and Culture
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Themes Addressed
Citizenship (2)
- Ecological Footprint
- Sustainable Consumption
Waste Management (2)
- Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Source Reduction
