Energy Resource Lesson Seven : Using a Product's Life Cycle
Students will be able to:
1. Describe how life cycle assessments are used.
2. Describe the benefits of pollution prevention (reduce, reuse, and recycle).
3. Analyze the life cycle of a CD and design a more environmentally friendly CD.
Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations
Grade 6-7 Science:
• Describe the effect humans and other organisms have on the balance of the natural world. S.RS.06.17, S.RS.07.17
• Describe the origins of pollution in the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere, (car exhaust, industrial emissions, acid rain, and natural sources), and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42
HS Earth Science:
• Critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific constraints. E1.2f
• Identify scientific tradeoffs in design decisions and choose among alternative solutions (e.g., best management practices, resource quantity and quality trade-offs). E1.2g
• Describe the life cycle of a product, including the resources, production, packaging, transportation, disposal, and pollution. E2.4d
Social Studies:
• Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a national or international problem. 6 – P4.2.2, 7 – P4.2.2, 8 – P4.2.2
• Describe the environmental effects of human action on the atmosphere, biosphere lithosphere and hydrosphere. 6 – G5.1.1, 7 – G5.1.1