Ecological Footprint Project
Name:______Period______Date ______
Your Ecological Footprint Project will be a 6 page report and giant footprint. Initial the lines below as you finish each part of the project. The project is worth 200 project points.
______1.Cover page that you will decorate (25pts)
______2.Bar Graph Data Sheet. (25pts)
______3.Bar Graph of ecological footprints from countries around the world. (25pts)
______4.Ecological Footprint Lifestyle worksheet and Analysis Questions. (25pts)
______5.Your ecological footprint info from the interactive website. (25pts)
______6.Answer analysis questions.(25pts)
______7.Your large Footprint with all of the information needed on both sides.(50pts)
1. Create a cover page that will have a picture, your name, your class period and date.
2 and 3. Graph the countries in a bar graph from the largest footprint to the smallest footprint using a different color for each country.
Ecological Footprint by Country
Country / Ecological Footprint (acres) / Country / Ecological Footprint (acres)Australia / 19 / Mexico / 7
Brazil / 6 / Nigeria / 3.7
Canada / 19 / Pakistan / 2
China / 4 / Peru / 3
Ethiopia / 2 / Philippines / 3.3
France / 13 / Russia / 11
Germany / 13 / United Kingdom / 13
India / 2 / United States / 24
Japan / 11 / World Average / 5.8
4. Research two countries that are given to you and the United States. Fill in the Ecological Footprint worksheet and answer the questions on the back of the spreadsheet.
Ecological Footprint Lifestyle Worksheet
Country / 1. / 2.Area of country in acres
Total population
Diet
Housing
Transportation
Types of Energy use
Average Yearly Income
Level of Recycling and Composting of Waste
5. Go to the following website to determine your ecological footprint. Record your answers to the following questions.
1. How many planet Earth’s are needed to provide enough resources if everyone lived like you?
2. Draw and label the pie graph of how your Ecological footprint breaks down
3. How many global acres of the Earth’s productive area are needed to support your lifestyle?
4. How many tons of CO2 do you produce?
5. Click on “explore scenarios” and list 6 “what if’s”
6.Analysis
- What differences did you find in the typical lifestyles in the two countries you researched?
- What differences in the typical lifestyles in the two countries you selected seem to have the most impact on the size of their ecological footprints?
- Determine the actual number of acres per person in the countries you selected by dividing the total area of the country (in acres) by the total population. How does this number compare with the ecological footprint of the countries you selected?
- Examine the graph: Which country has the largest ecological footprint? The smallest ecological footprint?
- Do you think your ecological footprint is smaller or larger than the 24 acres that is average for the United States? Explain.
- How could you reduce the value of your personal ecological footprint? Name at least three ways you could accomplish this through lifestyle changes.
- On one side of the giant footprint you cut out put the following info; Name, # of earths, Drawing of pie chart, Global acres needed, CO2 used. On the other side of the giant footprint list the 6 “what if’s” and 3 things you are going to do to change your footprint.