Clean Up Australia - Are You Sure It's A Waste? Circular Economy

Clean Up Australia - Are You Sure It's A Waste? Circular Economy

Lesson 3 of 12 in this unit

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Business and Economics
  • Environmental
  • Recycling
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students explore the circular economy in relation to waste. They survey their community to find out how to support people to reduce their waste. Students can use their survey results to create a waste campaign.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • know what the circular economy is and how it applies to waste
  • recognise how a community survey can be used to understand and change waste reduction behaviours.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • explain key elements of the circular economy theory as it applies to waste
  • design and conduct a survey
  • analyse survey results to draw conclusions and make recommendations for action.

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Student Worksheet
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Lesson details

Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 7 Economics and Business:

  • The ways consumers and producers interact and respond to each other in the market (ACHEK017).
  • Develop questions about an economic or business issue or event, and plan and conduct an investigation or project (ACHES021).
  • Gather relevant data and information from a range of digital, online and print sources (ACHES022).

Year 8 Economics and Business:

  • The ways markets in Australia operate to enable the distribution of resources, and why they may be influenced by government (ACHEK027).
  • Develop questions about an economic or business issue or event, and plan and conduct an investigation or project (ACHES032).
  • Gather relevant data and information from a range of digital, online and print sources (ACHES033).

Year 9 Economics and Business:

  • The changing roles and responsibilities of participants in the Australian or global workplace (ACHEK042).
  • Develop questions and hypotheses about an economic or business issue or event, and plan and conduct an investigation (ACHES043).
  • Gather relevant and reliable data and information from a range of digital, online and print sources (ACHES044).

Syllabus outcomes: C4.2, C4.3, C4.4, C4.7, C4.9, C5.2, C5.3, C5.4, C5.7, C5.9.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative ThinkingLiteracy.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.7, OI.9.

Relevant parts of Year 7 Economics and Business achievement standards: Students describe the interdependence of consumers and producers in the market. When researching, students develop questions and gather data and information from different sources to investigate an economic or business issue.

Relevant parts of Year 8 Economics and Business achievement standards: Students explain how markets operate and recognise why governments may influence the market’s operation. When researching, students develop questions and gather relevant data and information from different sources to investigate an economic or business issue.

Relevant parts of Year 9 Economics and Business achievement standards: Students explain the role of the Australian economy in allocating and distributing resources. When researching, students develop questions and simple hypotheses to frame an investigation of an economic or business issue. They gather and analyse relevant data and information from different sources to answer questions.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Clean Up Australia – Secondary Curriculum.

Time required: 60+ mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students in class discussions, oversee survey design and conducting, support students in survey analysis.

Resources required

  • Device capable of presenting a website to the class
  • Survey Design Tips
  • Student Worksheet – one copy per student

Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

  • Communication
  • Community engagement
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Collaboration    

Additional info

Following this lesson plan is an ideal way for your school to take part in Schools Clean Up Day or a Clean Up on any day of the year. You’ll be joining thousands of amazing teachers in making a difference and creating positive environmental change.

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