FIRE CHASERS, SOLUTION MAKERS PRESENTS: CARBON CON 2019 October 14 - December 19, 2019
Wildfires have become more frequent in California; so frequent that many of us in the HTMNC community have been impacted by their destruction. Through this project, students brainstormed ways to reduce our impact on wildfires by learning about the natural chaparral ecosystem here in San Diego and ways to restore it. Fires release carbon which contribute to the greenhouse effect so we also discussed carbon emissions as well as carbon sequestration.
On top of scientific, non-fiction articles we explored in Humanities, students read "The Carbon Diaries 2015" by Saci Lloyd. This fiction novel is about a teen girl living in dystopian future, where carbon rations have been cut per person. Taking inspiration from our class novel, Students discussed the role the government plays in decreasing green house gasses. Students then wrote investigative journalism articles to explore an area of interest related to wildfires and carbon.