SHS2 Manufacturing Engineering · Semester 2 Week 18: Safety, Quality and the Environment

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.3.3.LI.1 - Explain the benefits of using environmentally friendly processes and products in the manufacturing process.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define environmentally friendly processes and products in manufacturing, using examples from Ghanaian industries.
Explain at least four distinct benefits of adopting environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, covering environmental, economic, social and health dimensions.
Compare the costs and benefits of an eco-friendly process against a harmful one using a simple two-column analysis.
Justify, with reasons, why a Ghanaian manufacturer should switch from a harmful process to an environmentally friendly one.
Create a mind map showing how environmentally friendly manufacturing benefits the factory, the community and the nation.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Manufacturing Tools, Equipment and Processes (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Safety, Quality and the Environment (3.3)
Content standard: 2.3.3.CS.2 - Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which the manufacturing industry affects the environment. 1.3.3.LO.1 Discuss methods of applying different types of hazard controls.
Indicator: 2.3.3.LI.1 - Explain the benefits of using environmentally friendly processes and products in the manufacturing process.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 18 (Week 38 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 75

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Show learners a video of land, water and other environmental resources negatively affected by harmful manufacturing processes and products. Share observation with the class.
Talk for Learning: Learners discuss the benefits of using environmentally friendly processes and products in the manufacturing process. Organise discussion with mind maps.
Teaching and Learning Materials:
- * Projector and video resources
- YEAR THREE
- * Internet access.
Assessment (2.3.3.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.