Designing for Sustainability Part 2

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• communication
• global citizenship
• ethical understanding
• community engagement
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions - years 7 & 8

Design and Technologies

Students will:

• analyse how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical and sustainability factors to design and produce products, services and environments (AC9TDE8K01).
• analyse the impact of innovation and the development of technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures (AC9TDE8K02).

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding

Syllabus outcomes: DT4-3, DT4-5, DT4-6

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards: Students explain how people design, innovate and produce products, services and environments for preferred futures.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - guide students through design activities and monitor project progress.

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

• Target 12.5: By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse

• Assessment Matrix
• Barriers to Recycling Mobile Phones (optional)
• Butcher's paper and coloured markers
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Sticky notes
• Storyboard Template (optional)
• Student worksheets – one copy per student.

This activity has been developed in partnership with MobileMuster. MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard. The program is committed to raising awareness and educating the community on why it is important to recycle.

Create Change That Lasts

Quick Summary: This course explores how to make a change initiative last longer - in your classroom, service, school or organisation.