Unit
Topic
Theme
Region
Length

Goals

Skills

Empowering Global Citizens

7.9

Inventors as Change Makers and Sustainable Technology
Work and mind habits: innovation and creativity; ethics:
common values; and global risk: environment

Any/ all

Four weeks

and Objectives

Learn about how inventions can lead to rapid social and environ—
mental change.

Inspire students to plan a future in which new technology helps
preserve the environment.

Act by becoming more mindful of the technology they use and of

its impact on the environment.

and Knowledge

Students will learn about key inventors who have been environmen—
tal activists.
Students will understand that change comes through members of

very different fields and through different approaches.

3. Students will examine how some everyday technologies became
more environmentally friendly because of supply and demand.
4. Students will be inspirited to work together in teams to execute a
plan and to create their own inventions.
Overview

In this unit students examine an everyday technology in great depth. They

analyze

its inventor, the situations that led to its creation, the different

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