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 * Task **

Over a series of lessons you are going to be learning about renewable resources and your ecological footprint.

For this task you will need to think about the way you would use renewable resources in order to reduce your ecological footprint. You will be allocated a partner to work with.
==== First you will be doing research and noting down information about different types of renewable resources, finding both positives and negatives about them. You can start by reading about it using this worksheet [|Smart resources.pdf]. ====

==== The next step will be calculating, as a class, what your school ecological footprint is; and then your own personal ecological footprint. Your teacher will also be allowing you and your partner a time to use the interactive whiteboard to learn about an [|energy-efficient house]. ==== You will also be viewing a [|YouTube Clip] to get you thinking about how you can reduce your ecological footprint, this will be your starting point.

You will then take your research information and create a 2 -3 minute PowerPoint presentation on what your ecological footprint is and how you can use different resources to try and reduce it.

While you are doing your research you will be able to share any good website or information that you find on the class Diigo site. You can also add any questions that you might have about the assignment on here too.

This PowerPoint presentation will be presented by the students to the class at the end of the task.

Image (Logo): BounceWeb Web Hosting Blog, 2007. Retrieved 16/05/2012 from[| http://blog.bounceweb.com/using-alternative-energy-sources-can-save-money-and-energy/]
 * References **

Image: United Nations Institute for Training & Research, n.d. Retrieved 15/05/2012 from[| http://www.unitar.org/ksi/partnership-openlab-youth-leadership-sustainability]

Image: Website- Safege Consulting Engineers, n.d.Retrieved 16/05/2012 from []

EPA Victoria. (2012). Ecological Footprint: Welcome to the School Calculator. Retrieved 10/05/2012, from http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/calculators/school/introduction.asp

EPA Victoria. (2012). Ecological Footprint: Your Ecological Footprint. Retrieved 10/05/2012, from http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/globalfootprint/index.asp

Education Services Australia Ltd. (2011). Energy-efficient house. Retrieved 09/05/2012, from http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/viewing/L1148/index.html

JayUK2189. (2007, Sept 17). //Ecological Footprints Movie// [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-1vPeUhEgY&feature=related

Diigo. (2011). Retrieved 14/05/2012, from http://www.diigo.com/