Bloomberg Article - plastics and the coronavirus:
Added: 26 Mar 2020
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This is an article about the coronavirus and how with health concerns being at the top of consumers’ minds, companies are abandoning eco-conscious policies and re-embracing single-use items.
This article can be used as a source to examine evidence in relation to the use of plastics during the coronavirus and the effect that this is having on sustainability.
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Politics & Society
Strand: 8. Sustainable Development
Strand unit: 1. Actions that Address 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.
