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What Happens to Waste Experiment
PrimaryFoundationScience
Lesson Summary
In this simple experiment the class will have the chance to study the different ways that waste materials break down. The class will bury a variety of ‘waste’ materials and dig them up at regular intervals to see how they are breaking down. This activity can be extended over several weeks or months, with the class revisiting the waste materials each week and recording their findings.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- undertake a simple science experiment aimed at determining how different types of waste take different amounts of time to break down
- find that some types of waste break down very quickly, while others are very, very slow.
Success criteria
Students can:
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