The Biggest Problem We Face Today & The Future of Engineering

Provided by: Crash Course |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This Crash Course video about engineering discusses the importance of technological advancements and the ways in which engineering can help us sustain and improve the systems we rely on.
It covers topics such as infrastructure, clean water, computers, agriculture, carbon sequestration, and preventing nuclear disasters.

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Subjects: Engineering, Computer Science

Authors: Crash Course

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

This video has nice animations and highlighted text to accompany the narrative.

Prerequisites

You may need to play the video at a slower pace or pause between sections to let students take notes or to recap information.
Students may benefit from having a basic understanding of climate change.

Differentiation & Implementation

This video can be used as an overview of the different fields of engineering.
Social studies classes can use this video to connect why standards of living tend to increase with technological advancements and infrastructure development.
Other resources on this topic include Tokyo's Heat Island Effect, Engineering and Our Planet, and this table of solutions to climate change.
Teachers can focus on the technological advancements for climate change and its impacts. Students can discuss the need for measures that reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the first place before they need to be sequestered.

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