Where does our waste go?

Where does our waste go?

Lesson 13 of 13 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • English
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students are asked to research what happens to the waste that is produced from schools and homes in their local area. They then produce a chart showing the pathway of the different types of waste.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand that waste is everybody’s responsibility
  • recognise that different forms of waste are disposed of in different ways.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 English:

  • Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements (ACELY1700).
  • Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources (ACELY1703).

Year 5 Science:

  • Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE083).
  • Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093).

Year 6 English:

  • Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasis (ACELY1710).
  • Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts (ACELY1713).
  • Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1714).

Year 6 Science:

  • Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100).
  • Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS110).

Syllabus OutcomeST3-6PW, ST3-4WSEN3-1A, EN3-2A, EN3-3A

Resources required

  • Writing materials
  • Computer with internet access

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