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National Recycling Week 2023

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Brand new lessons from Planet Ark to help you celebrate National Recycling Week and get on board with the Schools Recycle Right Challenge! The Schools Recycle Right Challenge runs from 9 October to 17 November 2023 and offers a wide range of recycling-themed activities, lesson plans and event ideas that have been developed specifically for Australian schools to get involved in National Recycling Week. These four new stand-alone lessons take a look at our school environment. What green waste do we produce, and how do we manage it? How does energy flow in green waste systems? And that age-old question: Can you recycle a school?

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    Plants and Compost: Let’s Break it Down
    PrimaryYear 1 - 2ScienceBiologyEnvironmental
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    Working for Scraps: Worm Farms for the Classroom
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4SciencePrimary
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    Creating a Green Circular Economy
    SecondaryYear 7ScienceBiologyEnvironmental
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    Pack a Snack
    PrimaryYear 5 - 6TechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmental
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    Closing the Loop: Building and Construction Waste
    PrimaryYear 5 - 6TechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmental
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    Are Enzymes the Future of Plastic Recycling?
    PrimaryYear 4ScienceChemistryEnvironmental

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