Steven Levy Math, "Livestock's Long Shadow" Chapter 1, Page 5 Lesson Plan for High School

Description: This lesson shows how to use a polynomial to make a forecast.

(1) Students can make a graph from the data provided

(2)  Students can hand draw the forecast to the year 2100

(3) Using the polynomial students can calculate CO2 ppm for the year 2100.

This lesson shows how math could be used to make forecasts. I will post a video to go with this lesson.

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UN Livestock Long Shadow Chapter 1 - CO2 from stevenlevymath on Vimeo.