| Year
of the iPod
This year we will focus on iPods. More and more people
are using iPods. More and more iPods are being sold.
So, what does this all mean? What do people do with
their iPods? What if everybody in the world could
have an iPod? What would they do with them and what
resources would be needed? New versions of iPods keep
coming out. What happens to the old ones?
 If
you were a Lowell Canal Cleaner and you pulled out
an iPod from the river that had been thrown away,
what would you do? What would we need as resources
to make more iPods? What chemicals get used to created
iPods? What plastics? What happens to the trash? Do
throwaway iPods go to places like Cambodia and Africa
to be recycled? What do they do with the recycled
parts?
How do iPods change what we do? Who designs the ads
that sell iPods? Could you get that kind of job? Do
people walk more if they have iPods? Do they listen
to more music? Could you use iPods to spread a message?
What college major is right for you: If you were
in computer science could you design a better iPod?
If you were in Sound Recording Technology, could you
design a better iPod? If you majored in art, what
could you do that is linked to iPods? If you took
courses in Sustainability at UML, what could you learn
about making iPods and MP3s in more sustainable ways? |
