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Avoid single-use plastic
Students will learn about single-use plastics, how they impact the environment once they are discarded, and use a placemat activity to help them think of solutions. They will write a persuasive text on a chosen reusable alternative.
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Buying in bulk
Students work in pairs to calculate the volume and cost of using one large box of sultanas versus one multi-pack.
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Compost curriculum guide
Each lesson includes a lesson description, lesson aim and curriculum links.
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Decomposition in nature
Students understand the process of decomposition and how composting is an accelerated form of this natural process.
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Food Waste curriculum guide
A Year 5 cross-curriculum unit on avoiding and reducing food waste.
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Inglorious fruits and vegetables
Students learn that supermarkets throw away edible fruit and vegetables based on appearance, and how consumers could be convinced to buy them to avoid the food going to landfill.
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Make food waste history
Students learn about the choices they have and actions they can take to stop wasting food and resources.
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Message in a Plastic Bottle
A cross-curriculum guide to reducing plastic waste.
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Movement of plastic and marine life
Students learn about the properties of plastics, and how plastic is easily blown around in the environment – therefore becoming a harmful pollutant. They will write a scientific report about their observations.
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Plastic and marine life
Students learn about how plastic impacts marine animals and the environment.
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Plastic Free July Primary Curriculum Guide
Each lesson includes a lesson description, lesson aim and curriculum links.
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Plastic planet
Students will learn about single-use plastics, how they impact the environment and use role play scenarios to help them think of solutions.
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Pledge to stop food waste
Students identify the imbalance between wants and resources, and the impact of scarcity on resource allocation. They identify that, when making choices, people use strategies to inform their purchasing and financial decisions.
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What a waste of resources
Students learn about the resources needed to grow, harvest and sell food and how these limited resources are wasted when food is thrown away.
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What is in the lunch box?
Students understand food packaging and record information in a table or graph. They discuss options on how to avoid, reuse and recycle.
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What’s in the bin?
A waste audit is used to discover how much waste is produced and what kind of items are thrown away. Students learn about which items are made from plastic and how to avoid, reuse and recycle plastic items.
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Where does waste go?
Students learn about the problems associated with landfill and write an article to persuade residents to make landfill the last resort.
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Worm food investigation
Students observe changes in the mini worm farm and record their information in table format to show how the needs of the worms are met.
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Worm food investigation
Students observe changes in the mini worm farm and record their information in a table format to show how the needs of the worms are met.
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Worm science 3–6
Students look at worm features and adaptations that help them to survive. They compare a live worm to a labelled diagram of a worm, create a scientific drawing and record their observations. They also observe worms at different stages of their life cycle.
Treat the worms gently while observing as they are very fragile. Release them back into the worm farm after examining them.
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Worm science P–2
Students describe how a worm moves, how this depends on their size and shape, and share their worm observations with the class. They discuss where worms live and why they live there. Students observe worms at different stages of life, draw a worm and label the head and saddle. Students measure a worm using informal methods.
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Worms curriculum guide
Each lesson includes a lesson description, lesson aim and curriculum links.
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Year 12 Geography ATAR Waste Management in Perth
The Waste Management in Perth teacher and student booklets support the in-depth study of waste management in Perth, Western Australia.