Carpooling

• This article details how modestly increasing carpooling can significantly reduce the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by 2050, supporting other important climate solutions. 
• Students will learn about the cost-saving and environmental benefits of increasing carpooling and get practice reading a brief scientific report. 

Positives

• It provides an example of a simple, no-cost solution that many people can participate in. 
• The sidebars, headings, subheadings, and clickable links will help students comprehend the concepts presented.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand the concepts of carpooling and carbon emissions.
  

Differentiation

• Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes when learning about human behaviors that can make a difference for the climate or in math classes that are working with real-world examples of equations.
• Try using this resource in conjunction with another article from Project Drawdown and have students compare and contrast the feasibility and impacts of each of the proposed actions. 
• After reading and discussing the details presented in the article, have students create a flier urging people to carpool more often.
  

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