Life-Cycle Assessment of a Product
Seminar quantifying the footprint of one everyday object from extraction to disposal.
Materials
5 materials1
Starter slide
1
Two-minute clip
2
Guided notes
3
Worksheet
4
Wrap-up question slide
Lesson plan
4 phases, 85 minGoal
Students can carry out a life-cycle assessment of a product and identify its largest impact.
1
Hook & warm-up
Spark curiosity with a quick prompt that connects life-cycle assessment of a product to what students already know.
11 min
class
Starter slide
Two-minute clip
2
Direct instruction
Introduce the core ideas with a guided walkthrough and clear worked examples.
27 min
class
Guided notes
3
Guided practice
Students apply the concept in pairs or small groups while the teacher circulates and confers.
36 min
pair
Worksheet
4
Wrap-up & check
Consolidate the big idea and check understanding with a short exit ticket.
11 min
single
Wrap-up question slide
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Ratings & comments
Would this work a year group down with more scaffolding, or is the reading level too high?
Noted, I will add a timing warning to the description.
It works fine without the lab kit — I demoed the tricky step at the front and the rest is paper-based.
Beautifully sequenced. The misconceptions listed in the teacher notes were exactly the ones my class walked in with.
Thanks, this is really helpful feedback.
Yes! The materials tab has a printable. Look under the practice phase.
Great question — I ran it with 28 and just added a third station to keep group sizes down. Worked fine.
A year down worked for me with the reading swapped for the summary version.
Ran it twice this term with very different groups and it held up both times. That is rare.