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Clean Up Australia - Waste Breakdown Game
Lesson6 of 16 in this unit
PrimarySecondaryFoundationYear 1 - 10ScienceEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability
Lesson Summary
Students look at waste and the time it takes to decompose. Students are asked to order a selection of waste materials into the time it takes for them to break down. In the closing activity, they will act as archeologists undertaking a dig of a kitchen 100 years in the future and are asked to describe the condition of the items that they find.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- raise their awareness of the rate of waste material breakdown and how this can take many, many years
- build an understanding of the differences between biodegradable and non-biodegradable items
- take responsibility for their own waste footprint.
Success criteria
Students can:
- know how long it takes different waste items to break down
- communicate messages around waste.
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