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War On Waste - What Waste Do We Create At School? Waste Audit
Lesson7 of 13 in this unit
PrimaryYear 3 - 6MathematicsScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalSustainability
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students explore the waste at their school by auditing their school bins. They begin by reviewing their knowledge of waste and making a pre-assessment of the waste at their school. Students participate in a school waste audit to determine the quantities and makeup of the waste generated at their school. They begin by counting the bins at their school before determining the quantity of waste in their school. Students will then review the contents of inside and outside bins to determine whether the school is using the bins correctly. Students can use the results of their audit to develop a plan to reduce waste at their school by completing a social action lesson, War On Waste – Going To War On Waste – Years 4 to 6.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand what waste is and why we need to dispose of it correctly
- understand why conducting a waste audit is important when wanting to reduce waste generation or to improve the way waste is disposed of
- recognise some of the steps to conducting a waste audit.
Success criteria
Students can:
- work collaboratively
- participate in class discussions
- locate features of their school on a map
- use maths to audit bin numbers, volume and composition
- analyse data to draw conclusions.
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