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The lesson plan focuses on Environmental Ethics and Social Responsibility for engineering students, aiming to enhance their understanding of waste impact and e-waste. Activities include a homework assignment using a carbon footprint calculator and small group work on environmental engineering case studies, culminating in presentations. Students will develop critical thinking and communication skills while exploring real-world environmental issues.

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Engineering Lesson Plan

The lesson plan focuses on Environmental Ethics and Social Responsibility for engineering students, aiming to enhance their understanding of waste impact and e-waste. Activities include a homework assignment using a carbon footprint calculator and small group work on environmental engineering case studies, culminating in presentations. Students will develop critical thinking and communication skills while exploring real-world environmental issues.

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Engineering Lesson Plan

Title of Lesson: ​Environmental Ethics and Social Responsibility


Course: ​ENGR 1

Student Learning Goals:


1. Students will develop an understanding of their own waste and its impact.
2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of e-waste and the impact of electronics.
3. Students will be able to work in small groups in order to efficiently identify the key
points of their selected case study.
4. Students will be able to verbally communicate and present ideas developed in their
groups to the class.
5. Students will demonstrate their ability to use course materials to apply problem solving
and critical thinking skills to resolve real world issues.

Activity 1: Homework Assignment


Students can access the Markkula Center environmental ethics website and use the carbon
footprint calculator. This will help show how in their own lives on campus (or off) they impact
the environment via waste and lifestyle choices. After taking the survey and getting their results,
students will write a brief reflection on what surprised them, what didn’t and how they might
improve their impact on the environment.

Activity 2: Small Group Work


This activity will challenge students to examine environmental engineering case studies and how
to tackle environmental responsibility of companies in the situations outlined. By working
together in small groups, students will be able share their ideas with each other and come to an
agreement on which key ideas to present to the class.
● Students will be divided into small groups of 4 to 5 students.
● Each group will be provided with a different case study to read, picked from the book
Keeping Pace with Science and Engineering​ in which each chapter is a case study
regarding waste. It may be a good idea to assign the case studies the day before as
reading if class time is an issue.
○ Students will be asked to share their findings within their groups for 5 to 10
minutes
● Groups will prepare a 5 minute presentation and select a spokesperson that will present
their group’s findings and feedbacks on their case study at the end of the activity.
● Presentations could be conducted through slideshows prepared by groups.
○ Key ideas to incorporate in presentations:
■ What techniques are implemented or should be implemented to improve
impact on the environment?
■ How can social responsibility become a higher priority and be effective in
maintaining productivity?

Materials:
Keeping Pace with Science and Engineering

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