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Open your students' eyes (and ears!) to the vastly different eco footprints across the planet as they witness the consumption levels of citizens from various nations with this FREE activity.
This print-and-go lesson is the perfect way to kick-off off your exploration of this very real topic in your Human Geography, Contemporary World Problems, Environmental Science, or Ecology course!
All you need to add are some popcorn kernels!
Greatness is creating a meaningful understanding out of abstract numbers.
Included in this FREEBIE Activity:
- Teacher overview and lesson plan
- Warm-up collaborative brainstorm sorting activity
- Student simulation record and reflection sheet
- Teacher supply list and script sheet
- Answer key
This interactive, ah-ha moment activity is perfect for introducing natural resource consumption levels, as well as the disparity of wealth in our world.
Using the included sorting activity, challenge students to work in small groups to rank various countries from smallest to largest in the order they believe represents their per capita eco footprint.
Then with the simulation and accompanying worksheet, reveal the real footprint numbers one by one with an eye- and ear-opening demonstration using popcorn kernels.
This activity comes from the thematic inquiry Growth, Globalization & Natural Resources Unit, which is part of a semester-long current events, human geography, and environmental science all-in-one course called Global Issues.
Interested in more inquiry-driven Human Geography units?
- Population Growth: a 3-week unit exploring the simultaneous global problem of explosive population growth as well as alarming decline
- Extreme Poverty: a 3-week unit exploring what it's really like to live on one dollar a day around the world
- Water Supply & Pollution: a 3-week unit exploring our finite freshwater supply and the human rights, pollution, and conservation issues that need urgent solutions
- Fossil Fuels & Alternatives: a 3-week unit exploring our addiction to oil, the harsh impact it is having on our air pollution and greenhouse gas levels, and the urgent need to switch to clean renewable energy sources
- Plastic & Garbage: a 3-week unit exploring the modern invention of garbage, landfills, and single-use disposables, the effects it is having on our oceans, and how a zero-waste lifestyle can be possible
- Global Priorities Research Project: a 2-option, 2-3 week capstone research project where students complete either a one-pager or research essay on the global issue they find most pressing
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