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We need to getmum a special birthday

present this year, she wantssomething that is excitingbut environmentally

friendly.

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What about anew scooter?

What aboutsome windsurfing

lessons?

Which present would do least damage to the environment?Page 1 Stimulus


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How much carbon dioxide is produced by goods

or activities and services depends on: energy needed to make a product

energy needed to transport the product

energy needed to use a product or do an activity

energy needed to dispose of a product.

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Page 2 Information sheet 1



Size of transfer in consumption fromgoods to activities and services.

Impact on UK greenhouse gasemissions of changing consumption

from goods to activities and services.

Declineingreenhousegasemissions.

15%10%5%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

Carbon dioxide isreleased into the atmosphere

when we burn oil, coal andgas to get useful energy.

Research showsthat it is better for

the environment whenpeople spend less moneyon manufactured goods

and more money onactivities and

services.


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leliving Working as a team:

Discuss and agree which of these things are goodsand which areactivities or services. Put a tick in the box on the items you think are goods.

Put the pictures in rank order. Put number 1 in the circle next to the picture youthink would lead to the most carbon dioxide being produced and number 6 nextto the picture you think will lead to the least carbon dioxide being produced.



Look atthe 6 pictures

below.

Page 3 Task sheet 1 Sorting goods, activities and services


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The figures for carbon dioxide produced are given as estimates. How much you usea product or how long you spend doing an activity can change the figures. Can youthink of any other reasons why the amount of carbon dioxide produced could vary?

The list shows that manufactured goods produce more carbon dioxide than theactivities and services. Would this always be true? Can you think of any exceptions?


1 2 3 4 5 6A new car

producesabout30,000 kgof carbon

dioxide over5 years.

A flat

plasmascreentelevision can produceabout 2,000kg of carbondioxide over

5 years.

A pair of

knee lengthfashionboots

making theseproduces

about 80 kgof carbondioxide.

A ticket for

loop-the-loopbi-plane

experience produces

about 44 kgof carbon

dioxide for a30 minute

flight.

Annual

membershipcard forGrow Your

OwnAllotment

Society plotsize 200m2 possibly 0 kg

of carbon

dioxideproducedoverall.

Growing

plants can becarbon neutral.

A voucher

for 6Strictly forYou

dancinglessons

these produceabout 21 kgof carbon

dioxide per

person for6 lessons.

Here is someinformation to showthe carbon dioxide

produced. Compare thislist to the rank order you

gave for the differentgoods or activities

or services.


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Page 5 Task sheet 2



Working as a team, choose one of the goods from the last page(the car, television or fashion boots). Build up and draw a mind map

to show all the different ways energy is used in making and using it.Add your ideas to the mind map skeleton shown below.

Transporting the ... Making the ...

Using the ...

Recycling the ...

Energy neededto make and use a ...

When goodsare manufactured,

transportedand used energy isneeded for lots of

different things andcarbon dioxide can

be produced.

Show in adifferent colour

on your mind mapany other waysthat making or

using this productcould damage the

environment.


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Can you think of

any more ways energymight be used? Does theinformation give you any

extra ideas to add toyour mind map?

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Melting metal

Cutting, shaping and pressing metal

Melting and shaping plastics

Spraying paint

Heating and lighting the factory

Moving the production line

Working electric drills, hammers etc.

Transporting workers to the factory.

Fuel to drive the ship Fuel to power a road transporter

Fuel to drive the car.

Petrol or diesel fuel to run the car

Making new tyres

Making spare parts for the car

Heating and lighting the garage where the car is serviced.

Transporting the old car to the recycling site

Heating and lighting buildings at the recycling site

Operating the car crusher at the recycling site

Melting metal so it can be reused

Shredding and heating plastic so it can be recycled.

Some ways energy is used in making and using the new car

Transporting the car to its user

Making the car

Using the car

Recycling the car

Heres information toshow some of the different ways

energy can be needed to make and usea new car. If the energy used comesfrom burning oil, coal or gas, carbon

dioxide is released into

the atmosphere.



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Page 7 Task sheet 3 Promoting activities



Work as a team. In your team decide roles for each person, e.g. chair person, recorder,creative designer, critical friend.

Make a list of activities that you think would make great presents and also be

environmentally friendly. Use the Thinking Frame to help you decide on your top activity.

When you have decided on the top activity write down 5 plus points which could be used

to advertise this as a present. At least 2 of your points must explain how the activity could

be good for the environment.

I like the look of theseactivities. Id get loads out

of doing them!

...helping theenvironment

...keeping

my carbonfootprint

low...meeting

newfriends

...satisfaction...fun


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Page 8 Thinking frame

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Top 3 ideasfor activities

Stronger ideas

Stronger ideasStronger

ideas

Stronger

ideas

Write all

your ideas for

activities on

small pieces

of paper or

post-its.

Put these in

the outer box.

After discussion,

move stronger

ideas into the

green box and

then your top

3 ideas into the

centre box.

Then decide on

your top idea.


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Smart GridSmart Grid


Wewere greatat the taskbecause ...

Thumbs Up

Next time we will...

W

ewere goodat the taskbecause ...

Thumbs

Sideways

Wewere okayat the taskbecause ...

Thumbs

Down

We identified some different ways in whichmanufacturing goods and doing activitiescan produce carbon dioxide, eg ...

We suggested some ways of promoting anactivity as a present, eg ...

We worked well as a team because ...

We organised our teamwork to beeffective ...

We know that choosing activities, ratherthan goods, can reduce carbon dioxideproduced. This is because ...

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My husband wants a gaspatio heater for a presentbut I dont want to buy onebecause I think they produce

unnecessary carbon dioxide.

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DilemmasDilemmas

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Here are some

situations for you to

think about and

discuss. Why is each

one a dilemma? Talk about each dilemma

with a partner and thenwith the rest of yourteam.

Come up with as manyideas as you can to

make the dilemmasmaller or perhaps solvethe problem completely.

My granddadgives us lots of

vegetables whichhe grows to save on

food miles but Imfed up with eatingsprouts and

carrots!

Rosa

Archie and Chyla Will Lena RhianGraham

We like to treat ourselvesto weekend breaks in

European cities but weare getting concernedabout the number of

flights we take.

I want to learn the flamencoguitar but the nearest teacher is

50 miles away. If I havea lesson every week I would

drive an extra 5,000 miles eachyear. That could produce a lot

of carbon dioxide!

My son and daughter live inAustralia. Theyve said they

want to pay for me to fly outand visit them for 2 weeks.I want the trip to be aseco-friendly as possible.

I love to getfashion shoes forChristmas and my

birthday but I have readthat making leatherproduces a lot of

carbon dioxide.


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Page 11 Make a difference



Take home and use it sheet

Which of the 2 things did you choose and why?

Choosing the environmentally friendly option. When making a choice between twodifferent things you need to think about the energy used to make and use each thing. Use yourown judgement to complete the table when choosing between two different things.

tick column next to the thing with the least energy usedthing 1: thing 2:

Making the thing

Transporting the thing

Using the thing

Recycling the thing

Making the thing

Transporting the thing

Using the thing

Recycling the thing

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