Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Did you know that it takes less than seven-seconds to decide whether you will buy most items? What influences us to make those snap decisions? Advertising? Packaging? The product? This theme unit investigated what drives consumer behaviors. Students examined often overlooked pieces of our environmental impact by analyzing the stuff in our lives what we own, buy, consume, and discard. Inspired by Annie Leonards short film The Story of Stuff (www.storyofstuff.com), we followed the life cycle of products from extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. We considered the hidden costs, human costs, and environmental costs of our stuff.
- Subject:
- Biology
- Life Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- North Carolina State University
- Provider Set:
- Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development
- Author:
- Sonja McKay
- Date Added:
- 03/03/2016