Triple Bottom Line
These are the three parts of the Triple Bottom Line businesses use to measure success beyond just money.
What are People, Planet, and Profit?
Seeking patterns, amking connections and designing solutions
What is Thinking Systemically
During industrialization, many people shifted from farms to these workplaces.
What are factories?
Two types of sources for materials that you have to decide between purchasing from
What are local and global sources?
This mysterious force caused at least one group member to suddenly disappear whenever work needed to be done.
What is “going to the bathroom”?
(Will take other similar phrases in relation to the iPAd)
This “P” focuses on reducing pollution and waste
What is Planet?
A systems map uses these connected pieces to show relationships and effects in a system.
What are nodes?
Agriculture, mining, and clothing manufacturing are examples of these.
What are industries?
This is when multiple individuals work together to complete a product and presentation in time for a deadline
What is collaborating productively?
A mysterious force would occur in class that took away a students ability to complete classwork
What is "My iPad is dead"?
(Will take other similar phrases in relation to the iPAd)
A company switches to recycled packaging even though it costs slightly more because it reduces waste. This part of TBL is being prioritized.
What is Planet?
This is a place in a system where a small change can create a large impact.
What is a leverage point?
Industry is the process of producing these two things.
What are goods and services?
The steps to the Engineering Design Project
What is Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve?
Infographics communicate information by combining text with these visual elements.
What are visuals/graphics/charts?
A business pays fair wages and partners with local organizations to improve community wellbeing. This TBL category is being addressed.
What is People?
Temu offering ultra-cheap clothing may increase consumer purchases, which then increases this environmental problem.
What is waste (or pollution)?
One-click buying, advertising, and low prices contribute to this trend of buying large amounts of products.
What is consumerism?
Recording item price and quantity allowed students to automatically calculate this.
What is total cost?
In CER, this part uses facts, research, or data to support your claim
What is Evidence?
Consumers willing to pay more for sustainable products at a higher price allows for businesses to improve sustainable practices. This part of TBL is being prioritized.
What is Profit?
More online orders → more packaging → more trash → more landfill waste. This shows what type of systems relationship?
What is cause and effect?
Shared resources being overused because individuals benefit in the short term is called this.
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
The engineering design process is cyclical because students repeatedly do this instead of stopping after one idea.
What is improve/iterate?
This was the essential question for the Malama Market project.
What is “How do we solve systemic problems with sustainable design?”