Containers for Change Western Australia

Containers for Change Western Australia
We've partnered with Western Australia's Containers for Change recycling program to develop a comprehensive teaching resource package tailored for primary school students in years 5 and 6. This initiative focuses on recycling and sustainability, empowering students to understand and participate in the state-wide container deposit scheme.

About the resources

These resources are designed to enhance students' understanding of recycling, sustainability, and community engagement through a variety of interactive and thought-provoking activities. Each lesson is designed to foster a range of skills including critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and ethical understanding, all centred around the theme of recycling and sustainability.

Units

Unit
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We Can Make Change

Primary
Year 6
English
Creative writing
Persuasive writing
Mathematics
Measurement
Fractions
Graphs and data
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Civics and Citizenship
Environmental
Recycling
Sustainability

Unit
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Rescuing Resources

Primary
Year 5
English
Persuasive writing
Mathematics
Statistics
Graphs and data
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Environmental
Recycling
Sustainability

Lessons

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Container Loads

Primary
Year 5
Mathematics
Graphs and data
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Don't Feed the Fill

Primary
Year 5
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Environmental
Recycling
Sustainability

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - How Does it Add Up?

Primary
Year 5
Mathematics
Statistics
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - We Can Get By with a Little Help from a Can

Primary
Year 5
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Environmental
Recycling
Sustainability
Social
Social Action

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Change It Up!

Primary
Year 5
English
Persuasive writing
Environmental
Recycling
Sustainability

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Conscious Choices

Primary
Year 6
Humanities and Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - What’s in our Bin?

Primary
Year 6
Mathematics
Numbers
Measurement
Fractions
Graphs and data
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Kitting Out Our Community

Primary
Year 6
Humanities and Social Sciences
Civics and Citizenship
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - From the Cradle to the ..?

Primary
Year 6
English
Creative writing
Environmental
Recycling

Lesson
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Containers for Change WA - Spread the Word

Primary
Year 6
English
Persuasive writing
Environmental
Recycling

About Containers for Change

Containers for Change unites all Western Australians in the fight against landfill. They believe that every Western Australian has the potential to be a container saver and every 10¢ container has the potential to live on again. Don’t let your containers’ potential go to waste. Bring them to us, and give them another life.

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