Encourage your class to solve local environmental issues. Groups brainstorm environmental issues that are affecting the community, choose one they want to solve, and design a product or service to solve their chosen issue. They then develop advertisements for their products or services to present to the rest of the class. 

Concepts

the environment, global environment, environmental science, engineers, engineering design, solutions, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite members of the community to listen to the advertisements

Classroom Considerations

• The class needs to be familiar with the information presented in the Introduction to Environmental Engineering lesson
• The pupils should know the steps of the engineering design process
• The second installment in a series of nine

Pros

• The resource contains step-by-step instructions to conduct the activity
• The handout comes in a doc format, which allows you to alter it to fit your needs

Cons

• None