Week 1 2nd Years CSPE

1. Seating Plan
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2. Note to self: All going well, most of this class should take place on
the website. Questions on slides as back-up.
Heading: Sustainable Living 1 Date:

3. Homework: expect some 
Skills: Managing Yourself, Literacy
Objectives:
1. Introduce the plan for the year – research project, CBA.
2. Answer a questionnaire to see how long the earth would survive
if everyone acted like us. (7th April – my result.)
Heading: Sustainable Living 1 Date:
Warm-up – pens, paper (A4 Refill Pad), journal, (no books today)
Take down the definition, then raise your hand and answer the question:
Sustainability: if something is sustainable, it should last a long
time. Our actions can either support or harm the planet.
Do you think you have a large impact on the planet? Why/why not?

4.  Pre-Christmas, third years will do their projects. Expect student
vs. teacher events, bake sales, etc. After Christmas, all second
years shall do theirs, which will contribute to their entire Junior
Cert score.
 All your Christmas mark will be a research project. One A4 page
on a charity of your choice. Marked on presentation and content.
 During the year, we will examine Sustainability (the world is on
fire), Development (it’s our job to fix the planet) and Global
Change (we need to work with other countries).
Plan for Year.

5.  You will answer 15 questions about your home and life. Your
homework will be to go to www.footprintcalculator.org and
fill in the answers you write today. All going well, I should
move over to the website after this slide.
 (It will ask you for an e-mail/Facebook – 123fake@gmail.com)
 VERY IMPORTANT: write full sentence answers to the
questions. Your answer should use most, if not all, the
words from the question.
 Point of today – the world is doomed if we act selfishly.
Plan for today Sustainable Living 1 Date:

6. 1) How often do you eat animal-based products on a
scale of 1-5? (1 never, 5 very often) (Answer should be
like ‘On a scale of 1-5, I eat animal-based products 5.)
2) How much of the food that you eat do you think is
unprocessed, unpackaged or locally grown?
(0-100%) (I.E. Not frozen)
Writing down number and full sentence answers.

7. 3) Which housing type best describes your home?
 Freestanding – no running water
 Freestanding – running water
 Multi-story apartment
 Duplex, row house or building with 2-4 housing units
 Luxury
4) What material is your house constructed with?
 Straw/bamboo
 Wood
 Brick/concrete
 Adobe (a type of clay)
 Steel
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

8. 5) How many people live in your household?
6) How would you describe the size of your home?
(Tiny, small, medium, large, huge)
7) Do you have electricity?
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

9. 8) How energy efficient is your home? (This means is
the heating on a lot, do you leave lights on, do you
have a lot of appliances/technology?)
(Answer below average, average or above average)
9) What percentage of your home’s electricity comes
from renewable sources do you believe? (Roughly
20% on average from government scheme (wind)
but does your home have anything extra?)
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

10. 10) Compared to your neighbours, how much trash do
you think you generate? (Mush less, less, same,
more, much more)
11) How far do you travel by car each week? (1km
roughly 1 minute let’s say) (Motorbike = 0)
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

11. 12) What is the average fuel economy of the vehicles
you use? (60-80 miles to the Gallon is average in
Ireland – how often do you need petrol do you
think? Lots – 60mpg, not a lot – 80mpg)
(Motorbike = 0)
13) When you travel by car, how often do you carpool?
(Answer in %)
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

12. 14) How far do you travel by public transportation a
week (Again, 1km – 1 minute)
15) How many hours do you fly each year?
Questionnaire complete – we will now look at the
results.
Writing down number of Q. and Full sentence answer.

13. Results - homework
Homework – copy the results page onto the page you are
using now.
Find your ecological footprint on the ‘see details’ page.
www.footprintcalculator.org