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K-2 Waste Unit of Work
This progressive unit of work introduces K-2 Waste Unit of Work students to the concept of waste and waste being a verb or action that we are choosing or deciding. With the core focus being on their lunchbox and what is in it and what waste they might be producing every lunchtime and the impact that might have across the whole school.
The lessons are based on a 45-minute session and are linked to many areas of the NSW Curriculum as can be seen in the accompanying K-2 Content Outcomes for KLAs for Lessons 1 to 6 documents.
- Lesson 1: Introduction of Waste & 5Rs
Exploring the 5 Rs and what constitutes waste and where it might end up.
Curriculum Links: HSE-GEO-01, HS1-GEO-01, ST1-SCI-01, ST1-PQU-01 - Lesson 2: Decomposition
Looking at what different lunch box items are made of and whether they can break down.
Curriculum Links: STE-SCI-01, STE-PQU-01, ST1-SCI-01 - Lesson 3: Food Waste
Exploring how to compost food scraps and create soil for the school gardens from waste.
Curriculum Links: STE-SCI-01, ST1-SCI-01 - Lesson 4: Make Your Own Paper
Exploring paper as a material and resource and how to make paper through recycling.
Curriculum Links: STE-SCI-01, STE-PQU-01 - Lesson 5: What’s in My Lunchbox
Examining lunch box waste materials and creating unifix block graphs of their waste materials.
Curriculum Links: STE-SCI-01, STE-PQU-01, HS1-GEO-01,ST1-PQU-01, ST1-DAT-01 - Lesson 6: Put it in the RIGHT bin
Create methods to encourage the rest of the school to sort their waste at source and reduce the waste that is brought into school in lunchboxes.
Curriculum Links: STE-SCI-01, STE-PQU-01, HS1-GEO-01, ST1-SCI-01, ST1-PQU-01, ST1-DAT-01
OVERVIEW
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 1: Introduction of Waste & 5Rs
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 2: Decomposition
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 3: Food Waste
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 4: Make Your Own Paper
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 5: What’s in My Lunchbox
K-2 Sustainability Lesson 6: Put it in the RIGHT bin
K-2 Content Outcomes for KLAs for Lessons 1 to 6
