Challenge your students to consider the technology life cycle using a global perspective...
Humans
are not
distinct from,
but are an
integral part
of nature.
Hewlett Packard (Canada) Co. and Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) have collaborated to bring you ready-to-use, engaging lessons and activities that help students in grades six through ten to:
- Understand the social and environmental impacts and opportunities involved in the life cycle of electronics;
- choose, use, and dispose of technology products responsibly;
- analyze the life cycle of a common object;
- communicate suggestions for improving everyday objects to the companies that manufacture them.
On this website you’ll get a summary of the 7 lessons that make up the
teaching resource. You’ll be able to download and print each lesson or you can simply download and print the entire 36-page guide (PDF).
Click on a lesson title below for a lesson overview:
1: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Resources
2: So What?
3: Understanding a Product's Life
4: Exploring Social and Environmental
Opportunities and Concerns
5: A Look Inside
6: Promoting Changes to Everyday Objects
7: Making Changes in our Own Lives