Lesson Plan

Grades 9-12

Getting Around

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Several class periods

SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Community Connections, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Energy

Resource Overview

Students create and conduct a survey to identify a local transportation issue and develop a strategy to make their community less dependent on fossil fuels.

Students will be able to:
  • Create and conduct a survey to assess current transportation habits in their community.
  • Analyze the collected data to determine one local transportation issue that contributes to a reliance on fossil-fuel based transportation.
  • Develop a strategy that combats their identified transportation issue in order to make the community more sustainable.
Public transportation in Washington, DC includes the metro

Features of This Resource

  • Students practice asking questions and recording responses
  • Student collect and analyze their own data sets
  • Opportunity for students to find solutions to an environmental problem in their community and make a change

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This lesson plan must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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