You don't need to tip-toe around an enlightening resource. Young environmentalists learn about ecological footprints in the fourth lesson of 15. Answering a questionnaire helps them see how their own families and homes affect the environment. 

Concepts

housing, consumption, ecological footprints, carbon footprints, human impact on the environment, central tendency

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class generate ideas for making the school more ecologically friendly
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils need to be able to calculate the mean, median, and mode
• Note that some questions on the questionnaire may be difficult for learners to answer (such as square footage of their houses)
  

Pros

• Includes printable worksheets
• Teacher resource provides detailed instructions for the activity
  

Cons

• None