What is Carbon Credit? LESSON

by Dynamic Earth Learning

Price: 500 points or $5 USD

Subjects: science,globalClimateChange,weatherAndClimate,ecology,lifeScience,earthAndSpaceScience,ecosystemsDynamicsFunctioningAndResilience

Grades: 5,6,7,8,9

Description: Embedded video lesson on first slide! Then students answer 30 questions. This environmental earth science lesson explains that carbon credits are permits that companies buy to release a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas. The purpose of carbon credits is to reward companies for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Companies that emit more harmful gases than they are allowed have to pay for carbon credits. There are different ways to earn carbon credits, such as leading a project that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or using sustainable farming practices. Carbon credits can be sold to other companies or individuals, and there is an opportunity to make a profit by investing in them. The purpose of carbon credits is to decrease carbon emissions to lesson climate change.