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The
Impact of Technology and Chemistry on Society
Subject
Area
This activity
has been designed for the Grade 11 advanced or General Chemistry
curriculum. It could be used as an introduction to the course
or as an introduction to the Chemistry and Society project; in
Core Unit 7: Industry and Society in SCH 3AI; Optional Unit 2:
Consumer Chemistry in SCA 3GI.
Learning
Outcomes
Teaching,
learning and evaluation will focus on the student's ability to:
- Identify
and describe important technological advances;
- Identify
and describe products in our society which are not necessary;
- Evaluate
our priorities as consumers;
- Gain
an appreciation for the importance of science in our lives.
Classroom
Development
- Present
the class with the accompanying overhead. Have the students
copy these points into their notebooks.
- Direct
the class to do one of the following:
- Respond
to the statements in their notebooks
- Brainstorm
in groups
- Consider
the ideas first individually and then share with the group
- Consider
products developed by the chemical industry and/or technological
products.
- Extension:
Interview senior citizens on the technological changes that
they found to have had the most profound effect on their lives.
Background
Make sure
that students are able to perform brainstorming activities in
accordance with the needs of the activity. A pre-activity review
of brainstorming and perhaps the listing of skills may be desirable.
Timing
One period
. Allow 10 min for group brainstorming and 30 min to discuss results.
Expect discussions to get off-topic, and be prepared to let them
continue off the specific topic if students keep with the spirit
of the activity.
Cross-disciplinary
Links
Family Studies
- Consider processed foods and new food products. These products
could be evaluated.
Marketing
- Expand this topic in the marketing (business) curriculum by
considering how harmful or unnecessary products are advertised
to entice us to purchase them.
Overhead
The
Impact of Technology and Chemistry on Society
- 25 Products
in use today which were not in use 100 years ago
- 25 Products
in use today which were not in use 10 years ago
- 25 products
which we as a society use which are not worth the harm they
cause to us or to the environment
- The 10
greatest inventions of this century
- The 10
worst inventions of this century
- 10 products
which will be developed in the next 25 years
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