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Sustainable Starter activities

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Belief Circles worksheet : What's the role of a designer?

A worksheet to enable students to think about their views of the roles and responsibilities of designers.

Product pairs

A hands on starter activity enabling students to compare the sustainability criteria of two products.

Winners and losers

An evaluation activity to assess the impact of different people throughout a product's life stages.

Line ups

A group or whole class activity to enable students to position themselves along a sustainability line up.

Let's negotiate

A small team activity to help students develop specification criteria for their own designing and making activity

Key stages 2-4 Sustainability wordsearch

A useful homework or activity to reinforce students understanding of sustainability terms.

 

The activities below are slightly longer introductory activities that have accompanying powerpoints and linked starter activities.

Product Lifecycle Analysis - impacts on people and environment

Classroom resources to help key stage 3 and 4 students understand the impact of existing and new products on people and the environment.

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Sustainable Design - What's the role of a designer?

A presentation and linked activities to help D&T teachers highlight the different values and beliefs that designers may hold.

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