Eco+Product+Design

=Eco Product Design=



__Quick Overview__ This module is to show the goals of product design and impact design can have on the footprint of the world through consumer products.

__Literacy Goals__ > __Intended Grades: 5-6__
 * People understanding that their own actions have an array of proximate and far off effects. In choosing when and what to drive, one has an affect on air quality for example. In choosing consumer products (made of vinyl, for instance), one becomes involved in an occupational health hazard.
 * People understanding the history of disaster and decision-making failures, the vulnerability of some populations and regions, and varied approaches to risk management, reduction and communication.
 * People understanding (though familiarity with historical and cross-cultural examples, for instance) potential for change, and alterative ways of doing things and organizing society.
 * People having creative info-seeking practices, and animated analytic capabilities.
 * People understanding (though familiarity with historical and cross-cultural examples, for instance) potential for change, and alterative ways of doing things and organizing society.

__Time Line : 3 - 4 hours__

Introduction -15 minutes

Ice breaker - 15minutes

Presentation on Green Product Design - 30 minutes

Video (Objectified Clip) - 30 minutes

Design Activity - 45 minutes

Ecovative Case Study - 30 minutes

Wrap up and Parent Presentations - 15 minutes

__Materials Needed__ Projector Construction paper Markers and Crayons Rubber Bands Paper Clips Various inspiring gadgets Play-doh Tape Straws

__Ice Breaker Overview__ Straw & Paperclip Game •Give each group a box of straws not flexible straws) and a box of paperclips. Check that the paperclips can fit snuggly into the end of the straws. Give each group a task (you can use the same one for each group if you want) and let them go. Sample tasks: Build the structure as a group – tallest, strongest, longest, most creative, most functional, etc. Debriefing included describing teamwork and situational leadership skills used as well as how different models are needed to accomplish different tasks.

__Design Activity__ The design activity is quiet simple, it is the same task i was given on my first day of PDI studio. I will split the kids up in 3 or four groups and give them a variety of materials. Then i give them a a design brief to design the same product. The groups will then spend a half hour building the product. When done we will discuss the pros and cons of what they designed and why they designed the product the way they did and they used the materials they used.

__Green Product Design__