Climate Change - Carbon Footprint Calculations

Carbon Footprint Calculations

Explain how the concept of carbon footprints can be used to calculate individual impacts on the environment and what scope there is for reducing them.

• Set of 12 activity cards with topics including waste and recycling, travel options, food choices, buying clothes and home energy usage.

• The cards help children understand ways in which they can make a difference and also evaluate which actions will have the greatest effect.

• The calculations link to upper key stage 2 curriculum learning objectives in mathematics such as presenting data in bar charts, interpreting tables, solving comparison, sum and difference problems, rounding, solving percentages and fractions, converting between units of time and solving problems involving money.

• Downloadable PowerPoints are available which lead the class through the understanding of climate change and sustainability, drawing on the learning derived from the activities to give a broader view of the issues and possible ways forward.