Carbon Crisis (online resource)
Age:
14-16, 16-19
Key Stage:
KS4, KS5
Scotland:
S3-4, S5-6
Subject:
Citizenship, Environmental Studies, Geography, Science
This online game challenges players to put together an urgent report on how we could deal with global carbon emissions, suggesting methods of carbon reduction for immediate implementation. The game is complemented by a set of downloadable student factsheets and teacher's notes.
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This is one of 14 student factsheets that support the Carbon Crisis game. You can download all the factsheets and the teacher's notes below.
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The 14 student factsheeets accompanying the Carbon Crisis game detail how each of the 14 methods of carbon reduction covered in the game could work. Students choose 7 of the 14 methods, making their decisions based on their evaluation of the following factors: affordability, public support, credibility, environmental friendliness and world stability.
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