It is colorless and scentless, but it makes a large impact on the environment. Learners explore carbon dioxide emissions and what they mean for the environment using an interactive graph. They review changes over time and how they impact both climate and the economy.

Concepts

carbon dioxide, energy, fossil fuels, the atmosphere, global warming

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate as a remote learning resource
• Have the class convert a wall into a carbon dioxide timeline to highlight changes over the centuries

Classroom Considerations

• Make sure individuals have devices with Internet access

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• Incorporates an interactive component
• Offers interesting facts throughout the lesson

Cons

• None