Feature Image

Visy Education - Bottled a Better Way

SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceChemistryEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability

Summary

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand the concept of closing the recycling loop
  • recognise why that contamination is a risk to successful closed-loop systems.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • create a model to represent and compare the lifecycles of plastic bottles made from nonrecycled materials with bottles made from recycled materials
  • communicate the value of closing the recycling loop.

Lesson guides and printables

Lesson Plan

Sample Worksheet

Student Worksheet

Sample Worksheet

Challenges in Plastics Recycling Fact Sheet

Sample Worksheet

Lesson Details