Visy Education - Water Consumption in Production

SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceHuman EndeavourEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability

Lesson Summary

Students will explore how science can be used to reduce water usage in plastic production processes. They will compare water usage in virgin and recycled plastic production before creating a flow chart to show where water usage could be reduced in either one of these processes.

Learning intentions

Students will:

compare the water used in the production of a new single-use plastic bottle to a recycled plastic bottle.

Success criteria

Students can:

explain how science can be used to develop new methods of plastic production that minimise water usage
create flow charts for new and recycled plastic production processes.

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Lesson Details

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Visy Education - Water Consumption in Production

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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