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The Importance Of Recycling

Students are asked to reflect on the importance of recycling through either writing or drawing. This worksheet was designed to be used with a Year 2 class as part of a larger unit, but can be an effective compliment to any lesson or activity on recycling. It will help you understand to what extent students are doing higher order thinking about recycling and sustainability, and how well they understand why we recycling.

Learning goals

We are learning to identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments to meet personal and community needs.
We are learning to explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components used to produce designed solutions.
We are learning to understand that different materials can be combined for a particular purpose.
We are learning to explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people.
We are learning to identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced.
We are learning to explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products.

Curriculum alignment

AC9S2I02 9 Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions AC9S2I06 9 Write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary AC9S2I05 9 Compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance AC9S2I04 9 Sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models AC9S2I03 9 Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate AC9S2I01 9 Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences AC9S2H01 9 Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions AC9TDE2K02 9

Explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products

AC9TDE2K01 9

Identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced by people to meet personal or local community needs and sustainability

AC9TDEFK01 9

Explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people

ACTDEK004 8.4

Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to produce designed solutions

ACSIS042 8.4 Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways ACTDEK001 8.4

Identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs

ACSSU031 8.4 Different materials can be combined for a particular purpose ACSHE034 8.4 Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events ACSIS037 8.4 Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events ACSIS038 8.4 Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions ACSIS039 8.4 Use informal measurements to collect and record observations, using digital technologies as appropriate ACSIS040 8.4 Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions ACSIS041 8.4 Compare observations with those of others

ST1-11DI-T old Identifies the components of digital systems and explores how data is represented STe-1WS-S old Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas STe-2DP-T old Develops solutions to an identified need 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 ST1-3DP-T old Describes, follows and represents algorithms to solve problems ST1-4LW-S old Describes observable features of living things and their environments ST1-6MW-S old Identifies that materials can be changed or combined ST1-7MW-T old Describes how the properties of materials determine their use ST1-10ES-S old Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources ST1-9PW-ST old Investigates how forces and energy are used in products ST1-8PW-S old Describes common forms of energy and explores some characteristics of sound energy ST1-5LW-T old Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products

VCSIS054 Compare observations and predictions with those of others VCSIS050 Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events VCSIS051 Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions VCSIS052 Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations VCSIS053 Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information VCDSTC017 Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions VCDSTS013 Identify how people create familiar designed solutions and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs VCSIS055 Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

Students who would struggle to write their ideas should be encouraged to display them through drawings.

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