Your lesson
≈ 300 min
Lesson 2 · Weeks 2-4
How electrotechnology got here, and what it costs
What you'll learn
Explain how one line of electrotechnological development unfolded, and weigh the impacts of a component choice.
What you're doing today
- Build a timeline for one line of development, annotated with what each step made possible.
- Choose a single component from your kit and follow it from raw material to disposal.
- Compare two components that do the same job across cost, energy, lifespan and what happens at end of life. Present the comparison as a table with your sources.
- Write a short position on which you would specify and why, naming which impacts you weighted most heavily.
Before you pack up
Which impact did you weight most heavily in your recommendation, and would a different user weight it differently?
