Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air pollution
Added: 26 Mar 2020
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This Guardian article is concerned with the effect which the lower levels of industry and air travel due to the coronavirus has had on air pollution.
This article can be used to explore the pollution levels in affected areas and comparisons with levels prior to the pandemic, as a reflection upon the need for sustainability
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Politics & Society
Strand: 8. Sustainable Development
Strand unit: 1. Actions that Address Sustainable Dev
Suggestions for use: The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 2.6 8.1 8.2 8.3 Topics: Sustainable Development; Power and Decision making at National and European Level.
