This lesson plan, developed by Cool Australia and Exchange for Change, aims to support schools' participation in the ACT Container Deposit Scheme (ACT CDS) and enable teachers to discuss the environmental benefits of the scheme as part of their sustainability lessons. The plan includes various activities such as exploring materials used in packaging and container packaging, cleaning up waste, conducting audits of classroom and lunchbox waste, and fundraising using the ACT CDS.

ACT CDS for Sustainability Education
- Early Learning
- Foundation
- Year 1 - 6
- Mathematics
- Science
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Technology
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
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ACT CDS - Different Containers
- Early Learning
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Technology
- Design and Technologies
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Activity
- ...
ACT CDS - Cleaning the Environment
- Early Learning
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Technology
- Design and Technologies
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Lesson
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ACT CDS - What's it made of?
- Primary
- Foundation
- Year 1 - 2
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Technology
- Design and Technologies
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Lesson
- ...
ACT CDS - Rethinking Waste
- Primary
- Year 3 - 4
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Geography
- Technology
- Design and Technologies
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Lesson
- ...
ACT CDS - Exchanging for good
- Primary
- Year 3 - 4
- Mathematics
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Lesson
- ...
ACT CDS - Conscious consumer decision trees
- Primary
- Year 5 - 6
- Mathematics
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Business and Economics
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
- Lesson
- ...
ACT CDS - Fundraising through the CDS
- Primary
- Year 5 - 6
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Civics and Citizenship
- Environmental
- Recycling
- Sustainability
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