TEACHER ACTiviTiEs And LEssons PACKET （教师活动和课程包）.pdfVIP

T E A C H E R A C T i v i T i E s A n d L E s s o n s P A C K E T “Transportation accounts for 45% of Santa Cruz County’s greenhouse gas emissions” —2009 County Commission on the Environment A Safe Routes to School Program of Ecology Action - a local environmental non-profit in Santa Cruz since 1970. /Programs/Transportation 831-426-5925 x144 — 1 — Index Mapping Your Route (Social Studies, Geography) 3 Calculating Bicycling Benefits (Computer, Math) 4 investigating Global Warming: a hands-on experiment (Science) 6 Figure Your Miles per Gallon and Co Emissions (Math) 8 2 Counting the Costs of Transportation (Math, Social Studies) 10 Trees, Cars, and Co (Science, Math) 12 2 sources sinks: Energy Use and Global Climate (Science, Social Studies, Math) . 18 — 2 — Mapping Your Route Students will learn how to map a route, read a scale, and compute route distance. Choose a Safe Route: Choosing a safe cycling or walking route requires careful consideration. Explain to students that a route that is safest for cyclists and pedestrians often is not the most direct and may not be the way that they currently get to school. In planning a route for Bike ‘n Hike, have students look for streets with sidewalks, bike lanes, stops signs, crossing guards and lights. Encourage them to stay away from busy streets -- to choose streets less traveled by cars. Map your route manually: Explain to the class how they can measure distance on a map using the scale; demonstrate with a string. Divide the class into groups and give each group a neighborhood map or use the large wall map we provide and some string. Have them find their house i