Environmental Impact Study Lesson Plan

Cradle to Grave Environmental Impact Study Lesson Plan

Differentiated and Adaptable Lesson Plan for Grades 6-12

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RATIONALE
This lesson plan was developed as a supplemental to many of the Entrepreneur/Business in the school programs that are available for grades 6-12 in BC. It was noticed that many of these programs do not consider Environmental Impact of the products the children create. This lesson plan is designed to be used with the Life Cycle Assessment Worksheet and will allow students to include a Cradle to Grave analysis of their product in their business plan. An Environmental Economics Unit Plan and marking rubric has been included as sample.

BC PROVINCIAL CURRICULUM
K-12 Applied Design, Skills and Technologies Draft Curriculum
Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Thinking (creative, critical)
• Personal and Social (Positive Personal and Cultural Identity, Personal awareness and responsibility, Social Responsibility)

K-12 Applied Design, Skills and Technologies Draft Curriculum will focus on fostering the development of the skills and knowledge that will allow students to create practical and innovative responses to everyday needs and problems. Design involves the ability to combine an empathetic understanding of the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of insights and solutions, and critical thinking to analyze and fit solutions to the context. To move from design to final product or service requires skills and technology. Skills are the abilities gained through competence to do something and to do it increasingly well, and technologies are tools that enable human capabilities. In Applied Design, Skills and Technologies, students will grow in their ability to use design thinking to gain an understanding of how to apply their skills to problem finding and solving using appropriate technologies.

Grade 6-9

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