Environmental Impact of AI Reading and Worksheet

In this environmental impact of AI reading, students learn how AI systems use energy and resources, how they impact the environment, and how scientists and engineers work to reduce these effects as they balance the pros and cons of AI use.
Includes both print and Google Slides options to assign!
 
In this activity, students will:
  • READ a 2-page text passage about AI and the environment, including energy use, data centers, resource extraction, and environmental impacts.
  • ANSWER text-dependent questions. The worksheet also includes graphic organizer-type sections for students to organize and apply what they have learned. No prior knowledge is required – all information comes directly from the text.
Topics Covered:
  • What artificial intelligence (AI) is
  • Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
  • Data centers and heat production
  • Water use in cooling systems
  • Resource extraction and mining for hardware
  • Electronic waste (e-waste)
  • Efficiency and renewable energy solutions
  • Trade-offs between benefits and environmental impacts
Aligned to NGSS Standards:
  • MS-ESS3-3: Students analyze ways to reduce human environmental impacts such as energy use, water use, and waste production.
  • MS-ESS3-4: Students examine how increased use of technology leads to greater resource consumption and environmental effects.
  • MS-ETS1-1: Students evaluate trade-offs and consider how engineers design solutions to reduce environmental impacts.
Teacher Notes:
  • Includes an answer key.
  • Please note that this environmental impact of AI reading is not editable.
  • Save time and copies! Make just one class set of the article and reuse them class-to-class! Students only write on their answer sheet.
  • GO PAPERLESS! Use the included digital Google Slides option to assign!
  • This assignment is not the same as the similar assignment in my TPT store, which also includes an Easel version.
  • You may also be interested in my Complete Human Impact Unit!
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