Human impact on environments
Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, fossil fuel, carbon footprint, sustainability, endangered, extinct — and apply these when discussing environmental issues and human choices
Typical age: 8–11 years
“Can your child explain what a carbon footprint is — not just that it's about pollution, but what it actually measures?”
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