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Mission Zero

Elementary, Middle

Description

Mission Zero is a digital climate impact game that aims to help students understand the impact of their daily actions on the environment and climate.

This interactive activity provides a series of questions where students discover how some of their actions measure up and what changes they can make to impact greenhouse gas emissions. The game offers suggestions to help students reduce their carbon footprint and steps they can take to reduce the energy they use.

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

This interactive game is an excellent age-appropriate tool to introduce younger students to the impact of our daily choices on climate change. This tool is a unique way to initiate a class discussion on ways students can minimize their carbon footprint and actions they can take to help reduce carbon emissions. 

Relevant Curriculum Units

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  • Alberta
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    • Grade 4
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Matter and Energy Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy.
    • Grade 5
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy.
    • Grade 6
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy
  • British Columbia
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    • Grade 4
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 4:Energy can be transformed
  • New Brunswick
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    • Grade 4
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Properties and Uses of Earth Materials: Learning and Living Sustainably
    • Grade 5
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 5: Living and technological Systems: Learning and Living Sustainably
    • Grade 6
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Wayfinding: Making sense of your world: Learning and Living Sustainably
  • Northwest Territories
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    • Grade 4
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Science 4:Energy can be transformed
    • Grade 5
      • Step 3Select a subject
      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Energy and Control: Conservation of Energy
  • Nunavut
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    • Grade 5
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      • Science
        • Step 4Relevant matches
        • Energy and Control: Conservation of Energy
  • Ontario
  • Quebec

Themes Addressed

Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)

  • Climate Change

Citizenship (2)

  • Ecological Footprint
  • Sustainable Consumption

Energy (1)

  • Energy Use