About This Lesson
Description
Our modern world uses many different materials, often complexly constructed and difficult to recycle. Students investigate the elements in a smartphone and innovations in cement and steel. They also consider the challenge of communicating about large and complex numbers.
SWBAT
- Understand that materials science can help reduce the carbon dioxide and other polluting outputs from industrial processes.
- Explain why cement and steel are key to reducing carbon dioxide from industry.
- Give one example of a technique to describe a large number to the general public.
Skills
- Communication
- Reading scientific news articles
