Year 8
What is in your wardrobe?
In this lesson, we will be writing a short report about fabrics in our home. What environmental impact do our wardrobes have?
Year 8
What is in your wardrobe?
In this lesson, we will be writing a short report about fabrics in our home. What environmental impact do our wardrobes have?
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- new and emerging technologies
- produce short reports, making suggestions for improvements
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these sentences BEST describes water contamination?
When not enough water is used in production.
When too much water is used in production.
When water for drinking is used for farming.
Q2.
Which of these fabrics is a SYNTHETIC fabric?
Cotton.
Silk.
Wool.
Q3.
True or false, a life cycle of a material looks at all the stages from when the material is grown to its end of life.
False
Q4.
True or false, fast fashion is the creation of low cost, high fashion clothing.
False
Q5.
Which is the correct spelling?
envirenmental impact.
environmentall impact.
invironmental impact.
Others
5 Questions
Q1.
What are microfibres?
Large natural fibres that are found when recycling fabric.
Natural based threads that are found in recycled fabric.
Natural threads that are fine.
Q2.
What could less intensive farming help reduce the environmental impact of?
Dyeing fabric.
Fast fashion.
Washing clothes.
Q3.
True or false - around 30% of clothing in the average wardrobe has not been worn for at least a year
False
Q4.
Which of these will reduce your environmental impact?
Wash few clothes on high temperatures.
Washing a few clothes at a time and doing more washes.
Washing clothes on a high temperature setting.
Q5.
True or false, buying fast fashion items will help reduce your environmental impact.
True