The Journey of a T-shirt

What you'll make

A product passport, a supply-chain map and a comparison of two possible product journeys.

What you'll learn

• Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors
• Resources and interdependence
• Global supply chains
• Why environmental estimates are uncertain

You'll need

A T-shirt you already own (no purchase needed) · World map

If a stage can't be verified it's labelled UNKNOWN. The comparison journey is an INVENTED teaching example. No invented mileage or emissions are presented as measurements.

Curriculum links

• Understand economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors, and the change in their inter-relationships in different economic settings
• Understand the use of natural resources, including energy, food, minerals and water
• Understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of the human and physical geography of a region within the UK