Sort Through the Trash
In this activity, students sort waste items into the correct bin for recycling. This sorting activity is the perfect extension to any lesson on recycling, sustainability, or for an event like Clean Up Australia Day.
You may want to use only the first page of sorting tiles and the general recycling bin for Younger students. Older students will enjoy sorting through the different kinds of rubbish. If they get stuck, encourage them to research your local council's recycling rules to find out what they’re allowed to put in their bin.
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Curriculum alignment
AC9S3H02
9
Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
AC9S5H02
9
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
AC9S4H02
9
Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
AC9S2H01
9
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
AC9S6H02
9
Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions
AC9S1H01
9
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
ACSHE100
8.4
Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions
ACSHE083
8.4
Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions
ACSHE062
8.4
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions
ACSHE051
8.4
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions
ACSHE035
8.4
People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things
ACSHE022
8.4
People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things
ST3-1WS-S
old
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
ST1-1WS-S
old
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
ST1-2DP-T
old
Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST1-4LW-S
old
Describes observable features of living things and their environments
ST1-5LW-T
old
Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products
ST3-2DP-T
old
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST3-4LW-S
old
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
ST3-5LW-T
old
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
ST2-1WS-S
old
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
ST2-10ES-S
old
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
VCSSU073
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
VCSSU056
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions
VCSSU041
People use science in their daily lives
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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Check out Teach This’ Clean Up Australia Day Presentation to give your students some background on the pledge.
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