The Secret Life of Things is a set of short animated videos exploring the hidden environmental impacts of everyday things. Each video comes with a free pack of learning resources to inspire and engage budding designers and product developers with life cycle thinking and eco-design. Read more
This quiz style game covers a variety of key eco-design and sustainability concepts in a fun and easy to play game. The 60 multiple choice questions are in the downloadable PDF. The game cards provide an explanation and variations on how to play. This quiz can also be used as a knowledge test.
The life cycle mapping cards allow for a class to work together to map out the life cycle of a product using highly visual picture cards. Map out the life cycle of a pair of jeans or a computer mouse.Print and cut the picture cards by following the life cycle map provided. Teachers can guide their students through the life cycle of an everyday product.
Production Quiz
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Life Cycle Map
Computer Mouse
We are busy working on the next Secret Life of Things animation and resource pack, which we hope to release in early 2011. There are so many great topics to cover, so weve started a list of the areas wed like to look at in the future.
Please drop us a line to suggest a topic area and well do our best to cover it!
Here's our list so far:
