Creating a Digital Ecosystem
Grades 4-8 4 sessions (45-60 minutes each) Earth and Space Science Engineering Social Science
Creating a Digital Ecosystem
After learning about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, consider how to create a digital ecosystem that collects environmental data by designing an app for global good.
Objectives:
- Explain the role data plays in solving problems.
- Consider how citizen scientists could contribute toward building a digital ecosystem for the environment.
- Create designs for key pages of an environmental app that inspires action and collects data related to a sustainable development focus area.
- Review and optimize their app design in order to facilitate global use.
Resources
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- English Language Arts: Reading
- English Language Arts: Speaking and Listening
- English Language Arts: Writing
- Standards for Technological Literacy
