National Recycling Week - Recycling Labels Memory Game

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 1 & 2 HPE:

• Explore actions that help make the classroom a healthy, safe and active place (ACPPS022)

Year 1 Science:

• Everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways (ACSSU018)
• People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE022)
• Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways (ACSIS029)

Year 2 Science:

• Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032)
• People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035)
• Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways (ACSIS042)

Year 1 & 2 Technologies:

• Identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs (ACTDEK001)

Syllabus outcomes: SLS1.13, ST1-4WS, ST1-9ES, ST1-11LW, ST1-12MW, STe-10ME, ST1-14BE, ST1-15I, ST1-16P

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 1&2 achievement standards: 
By the end of Year 1, students describe objects and events that they encounter in their everyday lives, and the effects of interacting with materials and objects.

By the end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives.

By the end of Year 2, students describe the purpose of familiar products, services and environments and how they meet a range of present needs.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work: National Recycling Week – Primary

Time required: 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – Teacher facilitates learning and class discussion.

• Activity Sheets (optional)
• Australasian Recycling Label Templates (optional)
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Memory card game sheets
• Paper (A4) or blank cards
• Scissors

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Community engagement
• Critical thinking
• Ethical understanding
• Global citizenship
• Problem solving

Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week started in 1996 to bring a national focus to the environmental benefits of recycling. This highly regarded annual campaign continues to educate and stimulate behaviour change by promoting kerbside, industrial and community recycling initiative. It also gives people the tools to minimise waste and manage material resources responsibly at home, work and school. In partnership with Planet Ark, we have developed lessons from early learning through to year 10 to help educators bring these important topics into the classroom.

National Recycling Week is held in the second week of November each year but you can recycle all year-round with these lessons which were designed to be used at any time. Click here to find out more about National Recycling Week and the Schools Recycle Right Challenge.