Some forms of energy are harmful to our environment, where others are not as harmful. We harm our environment by adding pollutants into the air when we transfer energy from one form to another.
A lesson in which students analyze and evaluate evidence, claims, and beliefs on Proposition 6 which would repeal Senate Bill 1. SB1 sanctions a $.12 gas tax increase, passed ⅔ by the legislature and signed into law by Governor Brown in April 2017.
This ETP is a lesson series that would follow a field trip in which data is collected on ecological values. Students will use Microsoft Excel to organize and graph data collected by their class, previous classes, and scientists.
Climate change will affect ecosystems. Unless we want these drastic changes to occur, we must make changes in our lives.
In this ETP, students use Excel to develop simple equations that will enable them to estimate their carbon footprint.