Project Time: Presentation Slideshow
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CW/HW: Complete ReUse Project Presentation Slideshow.
DN: What is your ReUse Project item mostly made from - plastic, fabric, cardboard, or rubber?
Reminders: [1] Finish your ReUse projects and turn in tomorrow. [2] Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Quiz corrections Version A (P1 & P3), Tuesday at lunch, Version A (P5 & P6) Wednesday at lunch, Version B (P1 & P3), Thursday at lunch, & Version B (P5 & P6) Friday at lunch. No additional days, show at the start of lunch.
Resources
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Teacher explains assignments.
25-30min ReUse Project Presentation Slideshow. Students use resources to address questions following the simplified quick presentation slide style (Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2). Teacher checks slides and offers suggestions.
The following questions need to be answered in your presentation/slideshow. Make sure to follow the rules for a presentation.
Environmental Impact of Plastic, Cardboard, Fabrics, and Rubber
1. Title slide (brand name of your product).
2. How much plastic/cardboard/fabric is made/used/thrown away every year?*
3. What is the resource used to make plastic/cardboard/fabric/rubber?
(Example: Glass is made from sand. Sand is the resource.)
4. Is the resource renewable or nonrenewable?
5. How much of that resource is used a year?*
6. How much water is used to make plastic/cardboard/fabric/rubber?*
7. How does getting/using/making/disposing of plastic/cardboard/fabric/rubber directly or indirectly contribute to the death/illness of living organisms)?*
* Requires numbers and a link to your resource.
8. “What's the solution?” (This is just a set up for your product.)
9. Product
10. Cost
11. Final Message
Rules for Slides
- BIG Sans Serif Fonts (30+)
- NO Sentences, NO Paragraphs, NO Bullet Points
- ONE FACT + ONE PIC per slide. (If the picture is that important, it should have its own slide.)
- URL should be tiny at the bottom
- NO crazy colors. NO animations.
Notes
1. Styrofoam is a type of plastic. 2. Cardboard is a type of paper. 3. There are two types of fabrics, natural and synthetic. Synthetic fabrics like polyester are made from plastic.
USE ONLY THESE LINKS
Water
https://www.watercalculator.org/water-use/the-hidden-water-in-everyday-products/
http://teacher.depaul.edu/MathConnectResources/All%20Data%20pdf/Chicago%20Water%20Usage%20Facts.pdf
https://www.uvm.edu/~wbowden/Teaching/xInvited%20lectures/Water%20trivia%20%28EPA%29.pdf
Cotton
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-fashion-blog/2014/oct/01/cotton-production-linked-to-images-of-the-dried-up-aral-sea-basin
https://www.sustainyourstyle.org/old-environmental-impacts
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/nuos-cfa072618.php
https://www.wpr.org/despite-efforts-head-nutrient-runoff-dead-zones-growing-problem
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2006/Cotton-and-Pesticides
Plastic
https://science.howstuffworks.com/plastic.htm
https://www.plasticseurope.org/en/about-plastics/what-are-plastics/how-plastics-are-made
https://www.earthday.org/2018/04/05/fact-sheet-plastics-in-the-ocean/
http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/images/blog/OWOO_PlasticsInfographic_2012_b.jpg
Paper
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2014-4-july-august/ask-mr-green/how-much-paper-does-one-tree-produce
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-trees-does-it-take-to-make-1-ton-of-paper.html
https://www.ran.org/the-understory/how_many_trees_are_cut_down_every_year/
https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2013/deforestation-and-role-paper-products/59071
https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0807a.htm
Rubber
https://www.the71percent.org/industrial-water-usage/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210308-rubber-the-wonder-material-we-are-running-out-of
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1227
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.