Students from around the world calculated their class mean and standard deviations for their footprints and posted them on our world map.
Do you see differences across the globe? If so, why do you think those differences exist?
Did you use the calculator to try to reduce your footprint down to the average from a citizen of another country? What changes would you have to make to lower your footprint in this way? Are you going to try and take some of these actions in your daily life?
Student Footprints >
Science in the Environment.
I have learned a lot in these past 3 classes about greenhouse gasses. One thing that I have learned from the lab today is that all greenhouse gases are compounds and all non-greenhouse gases are molecules. This is important because since their electric balance is lopsided, they are very good absorbers of heat which keeps the temperature of our planet balanced. Also, I learned that transportation is the biggest contributor to carbon emissions from the homework article. This is important because it gives us an idea of the main problem and how we can help stop it and cut back our individual carbon emissions.