Resource Overview
Students use interactive mapping to strategize urban transit and determine the most convenient ways for people to get around a city, and then use emissions data to extrapolate the impact of thousands of individual travel choices.
Students will be able to:
- Use an online mapping tool to calculate transit times between various locations.
- Interpret small-scale data and extrapolate meaning for large populations.
- Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of different types of transit for both people and the environment.
Features of This Resource
- Great lesson for distance learning
- Students consider how their personal choices and actions fit into Earth’s changing climate
- Students pretend to be a college freshman and use Google Maps to compare transit options in their new city
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