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Teaching Life Cycle Concepts to School Children

Teaching Life Cycle Concepts to School Children. InLCA/LCM 2003 Rita Schenck, Roel Hammerschlag and Hank Patton. Photo Courtesy UNICEF. LCA and Life Cycle Thinking Are About Seeing the Big Picture. The Big Picture Hubble Deep Field. Kids Need to Learn About Thinking Big.

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Teaching Life Cycle Concepts to School Children

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  1. Teaching Life Cycle Concepts to School Children InLCA/LCM 2003 Rita Schenck, Roel Hammerschlag and Hank Patton Photo Courtesy UNICEF

  2. LCA and Life Cycle Thinking Are About Seeing the Big Picture The Big Picture Hubble Deep Field

  3. Kids Need to Learn About Thinking Big

  4. And About Their Place in the Big World Photo Courtesy UNICEF

  5. Our LCA Training for Kids is About • Teaching kids about systems thinking • Catalyzing interest and expertise in math and sciences • Giving teachers the tools they need to inspire kids to learn We are IERE, ILEA and World Steward

  6. We Do This by • Providing 2-day workshops for middle school teachers– away from the classroom • Teaching the elements of LCA • Teaching basic environmental science • Providing a roundtable for feedback from teachers • Providing real life examples of LCA’s for products familiar to kids • Making learning FUN

  7. Potential LCA’s for Workshop • Electricity from wind vs. from natural gas turbines • Transportation choices • Farm vs. river-run salmon • Wood chair vs. metal chair • Sugar vs. honey (World Steward beekeeping program) • High-efficiency construction vs. traditional construction • Forest harvest strategies

  8. GrowFlowers TendBees HarvestHoney EAT! Build Beehives System for Making Honey System Boundary

  9. Make Glue GrowTrees Make fasteners Harvest Trees Make Varnish Assemble Chairs MillWood VarnishChairs Use Chairs Disposeof Chairs System for Wooden Chairs System Boundary Extract petroleum Make Electricity Manufacture Diesel

  10. Math and Science Education • Middle School is where math and science goes beyond the bare minimum • LCA gives a framework for algebra, chemistry, physics, biology • LCA thinking gives children a reason to WANT to learn these topics

  11. Teachers Need to Have Fun, Too

  12. Vashon Island

  13. Outcomes • 1Dissemination of life-cycle thinking to middle-school students • 2.      Increased skills among middle-school teachers • 3.      Creation of a replicable teaching resource. The project will generate an LCA “toolbox” • 4.      A platform for national implementation • Support of a strong new alliance in Pacific Northwest environmental education • .

  14. Some of the Toolbox • LCA for Mere Mortals • Work done by Edie Sonne at UW • Chappy program from Australia • Environmental education materials from Alberta • We welcome additional ideas/material

  15. Why are We Doing This? Recap! • LC thinking needs to be integrated into our culture to support sustainability • Eventually all school children should understand the concepts of systems thinking– the BIG picture • LCA can give kids a reason to pursue math and science

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