Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Project-Based Learning Activity | Manufacturing Systems | Grades 9–12

Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Project-Based Learning Activity is a project-based learning activity for Manufacturing Systems (grades 9–12) on Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling.

Pairs with: Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Slide Show Presentation; Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Guided Notes; Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Lesson Quiz; Life Cycle Assessment & Industrial Recycling Vocabulary Words & Definitions.

Sections: Manufacturing Systems • Chapter 11; One Project • Six Phases • One Culminating Product; Project Briefing; The Scenario; Driving Question; Your Team's Charge; Project Roadmap; The Finish. Sample item: “How can the power-pack maker redesign a glued-shut, non-recyclable product and pass an honest cradle-to-grave audit?”

What's inside: Project Based Learning Activity (editable .pptx + PDF, 48 slides); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: Aligned to ITEEA Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy for Manufacturing Systems, with embedded engineering design practices and career-readiness skills.

Resource type: Project-Based Learning Activity. Format: editable Microsoft PowerPoint file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Students work through the project stations over several class periods, ending with a product they present. Built for Manufacturing Systems, grades 9–12.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.