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Zero Footprint: Kids Calculator - Zero Footprint.net Grades 3 to 8

Use this interactive online calculator to determine the extent of your use of natural resources, including your carbon footprint, use of land, water, and trees based on your responses to a series of questions about your lifestyle and behavior. Students can compare their "footprint" to the average in several nations. There is a brief explanation of each "footprint" and an accompanying letter to parents and teachers (downloadable). Even adults will be interested in measuring their own impact on the environment.

This resource was featured in a recent New Teacher Hotline Podcast as one of the Tech Toolbox resources. Hear more about it on the podcast .
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In the Classroom:
Share this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard, then assign it as homework or have students bring in the information to complete the questionnaire in class. A great follow-up assignment would be to have students write a family plan for ways they will change their behavior to reduce their negative impact on the environment, one household at a time.

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