Lesson 9: The Human Impact: Fossil Fuels and CO2 Emissions

How does your personal energy consumption translate into "invisible" carbon emissions? Which sectors of society contribute the most to the carbon flux?

emissions
carbon flux
carbon footprint

HS-ESS3-6: Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.

Practice reading and analyzing scientific passages from official SAT practice tests.

Focus on understanding data presented in tables, graphs, and maps, and drawing logical conclusions.

2 (Skill/Concept): Explaining the relationships between Earth's systems, interpreting graphs of climate data, describing the carbon cycle.

The examples include them looking at themselves and how they use energy everyday.

One person's actions have no impact on climate.

For struggling learners:

Provide simplified diagrams and graphic organizers for complex systems.

Use hands-on models and demonstrations to visualize concepts

Create a graph based on Data

Carbon footprint calculators, data on global emissions