War on Waste - Teaching Secondary Maths with Waste Audits
Cool+SecondaryYear 7 - 9MathematicsEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability
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Course Summary
Course Content
Getting Started
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Landfill and Recycling Waste
03.
Mathematics education
04.
Using War On Waste to explore mathematics
05.
About landill waste
06.
About recycling waste
07.
Analysing waste bills
08.
Measuring bins and skips
09.
Graphing your findings
Litter
10.
Litter in the harbour
11.
Your school's litter
12.
Measuring and collecting litter data
Take Action
13.
Taking learning further
14.
Sustainability at Merici College
15.
Audits in action
16.
Involving others
Your Teaching
17.
Cool lesson plans - landfill and recycling
18.
Cool lesson plans - litter
Reflection
19.
Reflection
20.
Taxonomy of learning
21.
Suggestions for collaboration
22.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Helen started as a primary school teacher in Brisbane, but her education career has led her overseas, underground, through forests and along beaches. Helen has taught in a wide range of classrooms, from bush-kinders to university lecture halls, virtual classrooms, penguin-filled beaches, snowy mountain tops, the decks of boats, 300m underground while hanging from a rope, and the scariest place of all, the standard Australian year 9 classroom.
Currently, Helen is applying her 22 years of educational experience as Education Manager at Cool.org. Here, she gets to do what she loves best - bringing the real world into the classroom. By working with sustainability industry organisations, she creates teaching resources that share the enthusiasm, passion, and knowledge of experts with schools. Students get to apply knowledge and skills to real-world situations, teachers get ready-made, easy-to-use resources, and everyone gets to work together towards a brighter, more sustainable future. Win-win!