A picture of litter

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704).
• Use a range of software including word processing programs with fluency to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1707).

Year 5 Science:

• Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE081).
• Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100).
• Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093).

Year 6 English:

• Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways (ACELT1618).
• Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions (ACELY1709).

Year 6 Science:

• The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094).
• Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS107).
• Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS110).

Syllabus Outcomes: ST3-4WS, ST3-6PW, ST3-11LW, EN3-1A, EN3-2A, EN3-7C. 

Time required: Several session of 48 mins.

Level of teaching scaffolding: Medium – assist students with identifying litter hot spots and developing solutions.

• Digital or video cameras, or mobile phones with a camera or tablet devices, student worksheet

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