Karin Kirk, John Thomas, Montana State University, Skidmore College
This innovative project offers a way for students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. It is a three-week exercise for students to reduce their impact on the environment by changing the way in which they live from day to day. This website contains an article about the Lifestyle Project and all the materials needed to teach the project. Materials include a baseline quiz, worksheets, energy facts and figures, and an Excel spreadsheet for students to calculate their energy use. By participating in this project, students will gain first hand insights about energy conservation, water conservation and waste reduction.
Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Waste Reduction/Recycling Resource Type: Activities:Project Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12) Earth System Topics: Human Dimensions:Waste, Resources Theme: Teach the Earth:Teaching Environments:Intro Geoscience, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Water, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Environmental Science
