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L5.1

What should we do at the end of the life of a smartphone?

QUESTION:  What should we do at the end of the life of a smartphone? Reuse? Recycle? Dispose of?

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate if we should recycle a smartphone or not.
  • Research what is involved in the recycling process.
  • Explore how cell phone materials are manufactured.
  • Identify the major parts of smartphones.
  • Practice obtaining, evaluating and communicating scientific information.
  • Recognize that the structure of the parts of the matter connects to their function. 

Warm-up:

  • Attendance & New Seats
  • Open Student IMT Unit 5, make a copy, and save it to your drive. 
  • Write down the question for the day and complete the wonderings section for Lesson 1.  

IN-CLASS WORK:

  • Open L5.1 student sheet, make a copy and save it to your drive. 
  • KWL on the Life Cycle of a Smartphone
  • Jamboards: B PERIOD or D PERIOD
  • CER
  • Review L5.1 and complete all parts of the IMT for lesson 1.

OUT-OF-CLASS WORK:

L5.1 Student Sheet

*Lesson 5.1: What should we do at the end of the life of a smartphone? Reuse? Recycle? Dispose of?

INTRODUCTION:

Open up the IMT for this unit, make a copy and fill in the question and wondering for lesson 1

EXPLORATION:

As a team, look/read at EPA “The Life Cycle of a Cell Phone” poster. Next, complete table A below

TABLE A:  KWL “Life Cycle of the Cell Phone” *List at least 5 bullets in each category below.

KNOW: What do you know about the life cycle of a cell phone? WANT TO KNOW: What do you want to know about the life of a cell phone? LEARNED: What have you learned about the life of a cell phone?
Uses a lithium battery What parts of the phone are recycled?
send to recycling center when throwing away How many of these get made?
How much of these phones actually get recycled?
Are they considering alternative options to materials that are running out?

INVESTIGATION: Research the pros and cons of Reusing, Recycling, and Disposing of Smartphones. Next, complete Table B below

TABLE B:  REUSE, RECYCLE or DISPOSE

REUSE: What are the pros and cons of reusing the smartphone? RECYCLE: What are the pros and cons of recycling the smartphone? DISPOSE: What are the pros and cons of disposing of the smartphone?
PROS: Schools, underprivileged members of society can now have phones PROS: Rechargable batteries can be recycled and reused in new phones.
Extends the useful life of the phone Reduces the footprint of the

SHARING:

Each pair will place at least one post-it of your research on our combined class jamboard (find link on Schoology) for each page (i-vii). Jamboard pages include: LEARNED, Reusing Pros & Cons, Recycling Pros & Cons, Disposing Pros & Cons. We will review this information as a class. 

CER:

Decide how you will end the life of your smartphone. You can choose either reusing, recycling or disposing of your smartphone. Fill out a CER template (not a paragraph, just a claim and three evidence and reasoning statements with citation) based on your decision.  Use your team research and the class jamboard to help with your thinking. CER template is on the following page

TEMPLATE:

CER Graphic Organizer 

At the end of your smartphone’s life, will you reuse, recycle, or dispose of your smartphone?
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Claim: (write a complete sentence to answer the question)
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Reasoning: What is the science principle that explains why evidence is linked to the claim?

Reasoning: What is the science principle that explains why evidence is linked to the claim? Reasoning: What is the science principle that explains why evidence is linked to the claim?
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Evidence:What specific piece of information from your source supports your claim? Evidence:What specific piece of information from your source supports your claim? Evidence:What specific piece of information from your source supports your claim?

NEXT STEPS:

  1. Reflect on today’s question: What should we do at the end of the life of a smartphone? Reuse? Recycle? Dispose of?

  2. Open up the IMT for this unit, complete all boxes for lesson 1

  3. Make sure all parts of the L5.1 student sheet are complete & complete the edpuzzle on schoology.**

Last update: June 5, 2023
Created: June 5, 2023