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Sustainable Resource & Waste Management: Dome It Challenge
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Joustra, Caryssa Drexler, Ivy Calabria, Jorge Dick, George Ozcan, Onur Quintero, Stephanie Burch, Emanuel Morrison, Erin Bair, Robert Yeh, Daniel |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Students brainstorm, identify and explore the pathways where their food, water and energy originate, and where wastewater and solid waste go. After creating a diagram that maps a neighborhood's inputs and waste outputs, closed and open system concepts are introduced by imagining the neighborhood enclosed in a giant dome, cut off from its infrastructure systems. How does infrastructure meet our needs? What happens when we are cut off from that supporting infrastructure? As a class, students brainstorm, identify and explore the pathways where their food, water and energy originate, and where wastewater and solid waste go. After creating a diagram that maps a neighborhood's inputs and waste outputs, closed and open system concepts are introduced by imagining the neighborhood enclosed in a giant dome, cut off from its infrastructure systems. Students consider the implications and the importance of sustainable resource and waste management. They learn that resources are interdependent and that recycling wastes into resources is key to sustain a closed system. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado University of South Florida |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Problem Solving Science and Technology Resource Sustainable Infrastructure Biorecycling Recycling Open System Sustainability Closed System |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT30M |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Resource Type | Notes |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
