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title: Global Challenges and Societal Needs
description: Students will create a comic in which they address a global challenge and illustrate a solution for societal needs.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/global_challenges_and_societal_needs-001-1.png
---

**Subject: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)**

**Lesson Length: 45 mins - 1 hour**

**Topic: Environment, Pollution, Society, Energy, Food Supply**

**Grade Level: 10, 11, 12, 9**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [NGSS: HS-ETS1-1](https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/hs-ets1-1-engineering-design)

**Brief Description:**  Students will create a comic in which they address a global challenge and illustrate a solution for societal needs.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should have a basic understanding of the challenges facing global society, including energy, food, and pollution.

**Hook:**

- Ask students: 
    - “What are some of the challenges facing global society?”
    - “Why is it important to discuss issues like the environment, energy, and food supply?”
    - “How can we explore solutions to global challenges?”

**Activity:**

- Have students discuss major global challenges such as responsible energy production, reliable food supply, pollution, etc. and discuss current solutions to some problems currently facing global society.
- Students may also discuss the pros and cons of technology in addressing global challenges.
- Have students create a comic which illustrates a global challenge and some potential solutions.

**Closure:**

- Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
- Have students explain why they chose the challenge represented in their comic.
- Have students discuss why it’s important to explore a variety of solutions to challenges facing society.
- Remind students that some current solutions to global challenges came from unlikely sources such as students, interns, or serendipitous discoveries while conducting other research.
- Emphasize that creative problem-solving is an important skill for everything from everyday decisions to major global challenges.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Provide students a list of global challenges from which to choose.

**Resources:**

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-rainforest.png) Rainforest ](https://content.pixton.com/rainforest)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-farm-1.png) Farm ](https://content.pixton.com/farm)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1823352325658542080/thumbnail.png) Virus ](https://content.pixton.com/virus)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531323277959168/thumbnail.png) Laboratory ](https://content.pixton.com/laboratory)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1806750213457739776/thumbnail.png) Hospital ](https://content.pixton.com/hospital)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531202717949952/thumbnail.png) Internet ](https://content.pixton.com/internet)

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