Learning Goals
Students will be able to construct an evidence-based explanation of how local natural-resource availability, natural hazards, or climate change influence human activity through interactions between Earth systems and communities
Students will be able to analyze local environmental data and community perspectives to define a sustainability problem through relationships among human activity, natural-system impacts, and stakeholder needs
Students will be able to specify measurable criteria and constraints for a local environmental solution through the principles of effectiveness, feasibility, equity, safety, and sustainability
Students will be able to generate and evaluate at least three technological solution concepts using a weighted decision matrix to reason about environmental and social trade-offs
Students will be able to test and refine a prototype that reduces human impacts on natural systems through quantitative performance evidence and iterative optimization
Students will be able to justify a sustainable technological solution to community stakeholders using scientific evidence, design-test data, ethical reasoning, and clear multimedia communication
Products
Environmental Engineering Evidence and Design Portfolio
Each student independently develops an evidence-based local environmental explanation, stakeholder analysis, measurable specifications, three annotated solution concepts, a weighted decision matrix, and an individual interpretation of team test data. The portfolio concludes with a justified refinement recommendation and reflection on sustainability, equity, limitations, and personal growth.
Tested Sustainability Prototype and Community Multimedia Pitch
Each team builds a safe, testable technological prototype informed by members’ portfolios, gathers quantitative performance data, and completes at least one evidence-based refinement. At a community sustainability showcase, the team presents the prototype and a concise multimedia pitch explaining the local Earth-system context, design trade-offs, performance, limitations, and anticipated impacts on natural systems and stakeholders.
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