Where Does It Go?
Lesson Purpose
- To manage the rubbish generated by their group while on camp.
- To sort their rubbish into specific categories by using the model that we provide. Details of our system can be found here.
- To recycle and reuse as much of our rubbish as possible so that the amount of rubbish we send to landfill is reduced. (We can also do a complete waste audit on the rubbish your group generates during your stay.)
- To take these skills back to their school and home.
Time Needed
The duration of your stay
Year Levels
All
Instructor
TEEC Staff Member
Australian Curriculum
During the course of this activity it may be possible to target a number of the "Content Descriptions" across year levels five to seven.
Year 5
| Science as human endeavour |
Use and influence of science - Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions.
|
Unit 2 : Managing Australian communities- The environment and human influences on a location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them.
Unit 5 : Australian communities of the future - The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used.
- Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations.
|
Year 6
Science as a Human Endeavour |
Use and influence of science- Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions.
|
Unit 5 : Making decisions to benefit my community - How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs.
- The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environment.
|
Year 7
| Science understanding |
Earth and space sciences- Some of earth's resources are renewable, including water that cycles through the environment, but others are non-renewable.
|
| Science as a Human Endeavour |
Use and influence of science- Solutions to contemporary issues that are found using science and technology, may impact on other areas of society and may involve ethical considerations.
|
| Geographical Knowledge and Understanding |
Unit 2 : Place and liveability- The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places.
- The strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe.
|
Unit 4 : Analysing liveability- The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places.
- The strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe.
|