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<DIV>I've attached a lesson plan from Population Education.org, which is an excellent source of ideas for teaching around resource depletion, environmental issues, etc.. I used this lesson as an intro to the Copenhagen meeting. It is chilling at times to see how students first approach this game/simulation. They invariably start by trying to grab as much as possible. After a few rounds, they usually start to realize that no-one wins with this strategy, even the greediest, fastest kid. Some sort of cooperation usually develops, until they figure out that everyone can win if they all take less each time. Perfect segue to discussion of why it's critical that world leaders work out some kind of plan for fair resource use. I also put this data on board to hammer home the point:</DIV>
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<DIV>per capita annual CO2:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>China </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>6 t</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1261067327_1 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Japan</SPAN> </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>10 t</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>India </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>2 t</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>USA </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>20 t </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>Gulf States </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>25 t </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1261067327_2 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">African Union</SPAN> </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>4 t (52 countries)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1261067327_3 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">European Union</SPAN> </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>9 t (27 countries</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000>Small Islands Union </FONT><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#ff0000> 4t (world-wide coalition)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Clare Seguin<BR>Lincoln Elementary School<BR>909 Sequoia Trail<BR>Madison, Wi. 53513<BR>(608) 204-4900 w<BR>(608) 222-1928 h<BR>(608) 628-5071 c<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>