[Design and Technology] Fwd: [esnet] Fwd: National Recycling Week - It's not too late to get involved

Wed Nov 12 07:31:53 EST 2014

Great resources here for primary and secondary classes to encourage recycling and appreciate sustainability.

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David Fletcher

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>> National Recycling Week 2014
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>> Planet Ark's National Recycling Week 2014
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>> National Recycling Week (NRW) is here and it is not too late to get involved!
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>> We have partnered with Planet Ark and MobileMuster to create a suite of free to access, online lessons that are aligned with the Australian Curriculum and include a collection of complementary digital learning resources.
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>> As part of NRW, Planet Ark encourage schools to participate in the the 'Australian Packaging Covenant Schools Recycle Right Challenge' from the 6th October to the 14th November. 
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>> Don't forget to sign up your school, class or green team now for National Recycling Week and the Schools Recycle Right Challenge at schoolsrecycle.planetark.org
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>> Check out all of the ready to download National Recycling Week resources here:
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>> - Early Learning National Recycling Week Resources
>> - Primary National Recycling Week Resources
>> - Year 7 & 8 National Recycling Week Resources
>> - Year 9 & 10 National Recycling Week Resources
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>> National Recycling Week Resources
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>> Sorting waste - Early Learning 
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>> The aim of this activity is to encourage children to think about waste and recycling.
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>> Younger children are asked to investigate different types of waste, describing and sorting the different types of waste according to their size, shape, weight, colour and texture.
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>> Older children are asked to look more deeply at different types of waste and think about which bins these types of waste should go in. 
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>> Access the lesson here.
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>> Waste Matters: the 4r’s - Lower Primary
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>> This interactive Smartboard lesson revisits the idea of personal resource use and the chain of production in a fun and engaging way.
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>> In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of the 4R’s and explore how to incorporate these ideas into their lives.
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>> Access the lesson plan here.
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>> Litter Lyrics - Year 3 & 4
>> In this lesson, students will work in groups of 6-8 (making only 3 or 4 groups in total) and respond to a song with a sustainability message by choreographing and performing a dance or mime.
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>> Access the lesson here. 
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>> Closing the Loop - Year 3 & 4 
>> In this lesson, students will work with information about ‘closing the loop’ in the life cycles of consumer products through waste recovery and recycling. 
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>> Access the lesson here.
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>> Collaborative Consumption Project - Year 5 & 6
>> This activity encourages students to take action for National Recycling Week at their school and in their community. 
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>> Students learn about ‘collaborative consumption’, plan a project and put a small collaborative consumption project into action with the goal of creating less waste at school by sharing things with each other, which may include time and skills as well as physical items.
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>> Access the lesson here.
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>> Working with Data Tables - Year 7 & 8
>> This lesson enables teachers to guide students through some real data sets that reflect consumer recycling behaviour statistics.
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>> They will identify trends in the recycling rates of printer cartridges in Australia, using data gathered by the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark. Activities include working with tabulated data and drawing conclusions. 
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>> Access the lesson here.
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>> The Sustainable Smartphone - Year 9 & 10
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>> In this lesson, students explore the concept of conflict minerals and gain an understanding of the impact of resources used in the production and consumption of mobile phones.
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>> Students will research the Fairphone social enterprise and design a Smartphone based on a more sustainable model.  
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>> Access the lesson here.
>> Didn't see a lesson plan that interested you? Click here to access any one of our other 500+ lesson plans.
>> National Recycling Week Student Toolbox
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>> Get the most out of National Recycling Week with our digital toolbox which is full of relevant video clips, documentaries, images, news articles and fact-sheets.
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>> Access the National Recycling Week digital toolbox here.
>> Talking Trash Teacher Webinar
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>> Did you miss our 'Talking Trash' teachers' webinar on the 15th of October?
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>> This webinar was a celebration of Planet Ark's National Recycling Week and brings together leading teachers and early learning educators with representatives from Garage Sale Trail and Buy Nothing New Month. 
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>> Watch the re-cap of the webinar here.
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