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Students are asked to research what happens to the waste that is produced from schools and homes in their local area. They then produce a chart showing the pathway of the different types of waste.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

understand that waste is everybody’s responsibility
recognise that different forms of waste are disposed of in different ways.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 English:

Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements (ACELY1700).
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources (ACELY1703).

Year 5 Science:

Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE083).
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093).

Year 6 English:

Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasis (ACELY1710).
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts (ACELY1713).
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1714).

Year 6 Science:

Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100).
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS110).

Syllabus Outcome: ST3-6PW, ST3-4WS, EN3-1A, EN3-2A, EN3-3A.

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Computer with internet access

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