Edexcel 1CP2 5.1.1: Environmental issues
The free BugBot lessons that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
What it covers
Every piece of technology changes something beyond itself. A robot in a classroom changes what students learn; a phone in a pocket changes how people talk to each other; a data centre changes an electricity bill and a landscape. This module is about those effects, and how to weigh them up. Exam questions ask you to discuss them, so it starts with the five kinds of impact to look for.
- The five kinds of impact
- Stakeholders
- Weighing it up
Or do it in the simulator, with tasks that mark themselves
Lessons that teach it
- F12.1 Impacts of technology Technology and society
Ethical, legal, cultural, environmental and privacy impacts, stakeholders, and weighing them up. - F12.5 Technology and the environment Technology and society
Making, running and disposing of devices: materials, data centres, e-waste and what helps. - F12.6 The digital divide and accessibility Technology and society
Who is shut out of technology, designing for disability, and measuring colour contrast. - F12.9 Project: an impact report Technology and society
Read the trial log, anonymise it, cost its energy and carbon, and publish a report. - F13.6 Long answer questions Exam preparation
Point, because, so: a structure for discuss and evaluate questions, and a conclusion that decides.
Try it on a robot
The task from F12.1 Impacts of technology, running here. Change the program and press Run.
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