One-third of all carbon emissions comes from transportation in the United States. The third lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy offers ideas on how to reduce emissions from cars, airplanes, large trucks, and more. 

Concepts

transportation, public transportation, modes of transportation, biofuels, carbon footprints, carbon emissions

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research the public transportation, ride sharing, and electric car options in your area
• Track the amount of fossil fuels each person uses in class for transportation over the course of a week and discuss

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of fossil fuels

Pros

• Provides vocabulary handouts and discussion questions
• Includes subtitles in six languages for diverse classrooms

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4