Activity Introduction

MobileMuster – Designing for Sustainability 2 – Years 7 & 8 – Design and Technologies

Lesson summary


This lesson is one of 3 lessons for Years 7 & 8, designed to support you and your students to produce quality behaviour change artwork for the MobileMuster Schools Competition, with the aim of encouraging the community to recycle more of their old and unused mobile phones. The 2023 MobileMuster Schools Competition is open, and the theme is ‘Inspiring Recycling Action’. For information about the Schools Competition, visit the MobileMuster website.

This is lesson 2 of the year 7 & 8 MobileMuster Schools Competition Unit.

Learning intentions:

Students will:

  • understand the barriers to mobile phone recycling
  • understand the role that emotion plays in behaviour.

Success Criteria:

Students can:

  • apply Design Thinking processes.

Lesson details


  • Communication
  • Global Citizenship
  • Ethical Understanding
  • Community Engagement
  • Reflection.

UN SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Target 12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions – years 7 & 8 – Design and Technologies

Students will:

analyse how people in design and technologies occupations consider ethical and sustainability factors to design and produce products, services and environments (AC9TDE8K01).

analyse the impact of innovation and the development of technologies on designed solutions for global preferred futures (AC9TDE8K02).

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding

Syllabus outcomes: DT4-3, DT4-5, DT4-6

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 achievement standards:

Students explain how people design, innovate and produce products, services and environments for preferred futures

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – guide students through design activities and monitor project progress.

Special thanks to:

This activity has been developed in partnership with MobileMuster. MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard. The program is committed to raising awareness and educating the community on why it is important to recycle.

Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.

We don’t have any related professional courses for this lesson at the moment, but we do have heaps of other Cool professional learning here.

Worksheets

Teacher Worksheet

MobileMuster - Designing for Sustainability 2 - Years 7 & 8 - Design and Technologies

Teacher content information

This is lesson 2 of the year 7 & 8 MobileMuster Schools Competition Unit.

MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard. The program is committed to raising awareness and educating the community on why it is important to recycle.

The environmental benefits gained from recycling mobile phones are: avoiding future greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, protecting the environment and conserving natural resources.

MobileMuster - Our Story (vimeo.com/264180280)

MobileMuster Competition Details

MobileMuster is running a school-based competition! To enter the competition, create either a drawing, photograph or

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Student Worksheet

Thought Starter: How can design influence user behaviour?

1. Flipped Classroom (optional)

Watch the following two clips and respond to the questions below:

MobileMuster - The Recycling Journey (https://vimeo.com/265126143)

MobileMuster - The Benefits Of Recycling Your Phone (vimeo.com/265126147)

Summarise the first clip in 30 words or less:

Summarise the second clip in 30 words or less:

How do you think recycling mobiles phones relates to sustainability? TIP: Sustainability is about making sure there is enough for our environment and for everyone on Earth, both now and in the future.

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2. Barriers to mobile phone recycling 

  • keeping old phones as spares for backup in case current phones stop working or get broken
  • haven't got around to recycling them yet
  • might have old phones that are still working or that might have information on them that people still need
  • aren’t sure what to do with them
  • are concerned someone might access the data. One in three mobile
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