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Circular Economy Challenge
Duration: Four sessions (60 minutes each)
Grades Levels: 7-12
Consider the challenge of developing a circular economy. Each team of learners develops and presents ideas for sustainable approaches to how items are made and used.
Grade Levels: 7-12
Duration: Four sessions (60 minutes each)
Concepts/Skills: Sustainability, environment, linear and circular economy, brainstorming, problem-solving, communication, systems design
Objectives:
- Describe the difference between a linear and circular economy.
- Create plans for shifting an item from a linear to a circular economy.
- Refine their solution based on feedback from another team.
- Present their ideas to communicate the problem, the solution, and its potential impact.
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The Problem
The Innovators
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The Innovators
The Solution
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MicroByre
The Problem
The Innovators
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Climate Standards Connections
| Next Generation Science Standards | ||
| Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
| 9-12 | HS-ETS1-1 | Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants. |
| Climate Change Connections | climate change | |