Sustainability Education Handbook Sample Activities

Technology:

Theme: (4-12) Discuss positive and negative effects of technology in the student’s daily life.

Goal: What does technology represent to the students? How are they effected by technology? Have students list the five and ten most important ‘things’ in their life (‘things’ are not limited to possessions but will hopefully include family, open space, rivers, etc). Create a class list from the results. If technological items are on the list (games, computers, etc), discuss how important they are and how would life be without them. Better? Worse? And why. Have students form groups and research the technological advancement of other countries. As a final paper, have students discuss and write about ‘quality of life’. (What is quality of life? Does it differ depending on technological advances?)

Standards / MEAP:

» English Language Arts: IX.11.1 (Inquiry & Research)

» Social Studies: V.1.1, V.1.2, V.1.3 (Inquiry)

» Mathematics: III. 1.1, III.1.2 (Data Analysis & Statistics)

» Science: I.1.1 (Construct New Scientific and Personal Knowledge)

Curriculum:

» A Sustainable Development Curriculum Framework for World History & Cultures (9-12)

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» Connections: A Curriculum in Appropriate Technology for 5th & 6th grades (5-6)

Contact:  National Center for Appropriate Technology, Box 3838 Butte, MT 59701

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