The Best Cars for the Climate

• This video from Hot Mess discusses what kinds of cars have the lowest impact on climate change.
• In their assessment, they include total emissions, not just on-road emissions, and discuss the pros and cons of electric and hybrid cars.
  

Positives

• This video uses graphs and examples to clarify the points they are making.
• The video asks questions and then answers them clearly and concisely. 

Additional Prerequisites

• There may be an ad before the video, and there is a sponsored message at the end. 
• Students should be comfortable reading graphs, using fractions, and interpreting percentages. 
• Students should be familiar with traditional, hybrid, and electric cars. 
  

Differentiation

• A possible activity would be to have students rank modes of transportation by their impact on climate change and then have the students pick the type of transportation they would use and explain why. 
• A science class could use this video when learning about batteries or combustion reactions.
• Some related resources are this lesson plan Green Transportation: Electric Cars vs. Bicycles, this StC lesson plan So How Should We Get There?, and this video Why I'm Living Without a Car.
  

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