Lesson plan
Chopsticks and the Future of Forests: Using Mathematics to Look at the Future
GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Description
In this lesson students calculate the number of disposable chopsticks that can be obtained from one cubic meter of wood and, from that information, determine the cubic meters of wood that China would use in a year under varying assumptions of reuse.Duration
1 class periodAuthor
Michael
Baron
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Teacher Instructions
BaronChopsticksT.pdf
(170.47 KB)
Student Materials
BaronChopsticksS.pdf
(65.02 KB)