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War On Waste - Taking Action For Waste
Lesson13 of 14 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 10ScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyBusiness and EconomicsEnvironmentalSustainabilitySocialSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students work to develop, design and implement an action to address waste in their community. Students begin by reviewing waste issues that are important to them based on topics examined throughout this unit. They then work collaboratively to choose a topic, and design, plan and implement a project to either address a waste issue in their community and/or to engage the community to take action on this issue. Following project completion, students will celebrate and reflect on the success of their project and their participation in the project.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that they can engage their community to take action on an issue
- understand how to plan and execute an action-based project
Success criteria
Students can:
- use their skills and interests to engage their community in actions for change
- identify an action they want to take for addressing waste in their community
- follow the processes and steps required for planning and executing a social action project
- participate in group and class discussion
- reflect on successes and failures of the project, and identify opportunities for project extension
- work collaboratively and independently
Lesson Guides and Printables
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