Introduction

Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased by a worrisome 43%. On a global scale, this is a significant change. Human activities emit 29 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, and most of this derives from the burning of fossil fuels for energy.

Students will be able to explore the concept of carbon footprint, its relationship with our daily life, activities and how it affects climate change. They will also explore the relationship between global warming and their carbon footprint.

Problem Statements of the WebQuest

Problem Statement - 1 (Temperature)

Find out the average temperature of your district for the month of May over the last/past 10 years.

What has been the average percentage increase or decrease every year?
Use a spreadsheet to demonstrate the temperature of the last 10 years. Predict what will be the range of temperature in your district in the month of May in 2071.
Bring in your answer with an explanation to share with your team.

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(Make sure you select Subject as Chemistry and topic as "Carbon Footprint")

Suggested ICT applications but not limited to:

Spreadsheet / Excel
Lucid Chart
Scratch Animation

Problem Statement - 2 (Thermal Power Station)

According to IPCC¹ 2014, the burning of coal, natural gas, and oil for electricity and heat is the largest single source of global greenhouse gas emissions which amounts to 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions of 2010 .

You are newly appointed as general manager of a Thermal Power Station, which has a capacity to produce 4500 MW of electricity in a year, but the recent environmental policies by the govt. encourages to reduce carbon emission and switch to renewable/green energy.
Work in a group of max 5-6 students and design a plan or an interactive model about possibilities of switching to renewable/green electricity (Make necessary assumptions as required) you may consider switching either 100% or more than 50% of the total production capacity..
Bonus Task: If your plan is able to generate more than 100% of the required total electricity then what will you do with the excess of the electricity produced, present a plan to effectively utilize this to contribute to the mission to reach zero carbon emission.

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(Make sure you select Subject as Chemistry and topic as "Carbon Footprint")

Suggested ICT applications but not limited to:

Scratch Animation
Spreadsheet / Excel
Powerpoint / Zoho Show
Canva
Animaker

Problem Statement - 3 (Transportation)

As per IPCC 2014, Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector primarily involve fossil fuels burned for road, rail, air, and marine transportation which amounts to 14% of the global greenhouse gas emissions of 2010. Almost all (95%) of the world's transportation energy comes from petroleum-based fuels, largely petrol, gasoline and diesel.

Find out the carbon emission of your country for the last 5 years happened due to the transport sector, prepare a solution model and project the time by which your country can reach zero carbon emission level (Make necessary assumptions). The application for the global innovation fund for climate change is available now hence you and your team can apply for this grant. Please make a strategic plan or model to move the transportation sector to carbonless emission also mention the projection about the number of years

Your Plan may consider the following areas but not limited to:
Comparison of the Different Type of emerging technology for vehicles and its affordances that can be used as an alternative to existing ones.
Cleaner Fuel option other Diesel and Petrol or Gasoline
Changes for Transport Policies
Your Own Ideas, suggestions or Solutions that can be used as modification/alternative with the existing Vehicles.