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National Recycling Week - What a Waste
Lesson2 of 4 in this unit
PrimaryYear 5 - 6ScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability
Lesson Summary
In the first part of this activity students will be looking at aluminium: where it comes from; what it is used for; and how it is recycled. Students then conduct a survey of other students at their school on how they treat waste and recycling and conclude by creating a video to inform other students and their school on how to reduce waste and and increase recycling at school.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand the link between natural resources with the need to both recycle and reduce waste
- recognise some of the properties of recyclable waste materials and some aspects of the recycling process
- question what an appropriate use of resources is and what might be wasteful in the context of becoming sustainable.
Success criteria
Students can:
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