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Forbes article - sustainability and Coronavirus

Added: 26 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

This is an article about the coronavirus and the light it is shining on sustainability in the global pharma and medical supply chain.
This article can be used as a source to examine evidence in relation to single use plastics and the demand for medical and pharma supplies during the pandemic, leading to a challenge for sustainability.

How it maps to the curriculum

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Politics & Society

Strand: 8. Sustainable Development

Strand unit: 2. Arguments Concerning Sustainable Dev

Suggestions for use: The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 2.6 8.1 8.2 8.3 Topics: Sustainable Development; Power and Decision making at National and European Level.

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