Supply Chains and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate cleaning up clean tech guide for educators

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This Guide for Educators was developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as an extension of our TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast, to make it easier for you to teach climate change, earth science, and energy topics in the classroom. It is an extension of the TILclimate episode "TIL about cleaning up clean tech."

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Description

Solar panels, wind turbines, and other ‘green’ technologies are an important part of a low-carbon future. What are the environmental and human impacts of these technologies, and how can we reduce or eliminate them? Students investigate the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and the concept of supply chains.

SWBAT:

Name a few of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Explain what a supply chain is
Understand why it is important to study supply chains

Skills:

Mind-mapping
Making connections
Map reading

Standards:

HS-ESS3-1 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources have influenced human activity.
HS-ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
RST.11-12.9 Synthesize information from a range of sources into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept.

Disciplinary core ideas:

ESS2.D Weather and Climate
ESS3.A Natural Resources
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
ESS3.D Global Climate Change

What is included in this Educator Guide

How to use TILclimate Educator Guides (Download)
Teacher pages (Download)
- Includes materials, discussion questions, background resources, and adaptation suggestions for science, social science, and ELA teachers
Student pages (Download)
- While You Listen: UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Mind Map: UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Solar Panel Supply Chains