Flight, society and the environment

Assessing the impacts of aviation technologies on society from local and global perspectives.

Lesson 4 of 4 13 of 17 in the course

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What your class asks

This lesson asks you to assess the impacts of aviation technologies on society, considering both local and global perspectives. The museum holds no record that serves these expectations yet, so this lesson offers none; your class brings its own examples and sources. 1

Curriculum expectations, with their official codes

  • D1.1 assess the impacts on society of aviation technologies, while considering both local and global perspectives

The lesson

Who is affected, near and far?

Think of an airport or an air journey. Write one effect on a neighbourhood close to it and one effect on a country far away. Why does the picture change when you look from here and from there?

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Notes

  1. 1. Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology, Grades 1–8 (2022)
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