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National Recycling Week - Aluminium Cycle
Lesson3 of 4 in this unit
PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishScienceEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability
Lesson Summary
In this activity students look at how different types of waste are recycled. Students begin the activity by exploring the properties of a range of waste items and then go on to investigate how aluminium cans are recycled by looking at how the processes and stages involved with can recycling.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- Understand that waste items contain a variety of materials
- Learn that waste materials need to be sorted so the materials can be recycled (or composted) and only the real rubbish will go to landfill
- Recognise the stages and processes involved with aluminium can recycling
- Discover that the application of heat melts some materials
Success criteria
Students can:
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