Recycle - Sort it out!
Let’s learn how to recycle!
In our recycle - Sort it out! programme, students will learn the who, what, where and how of recycling. We will begin our lesson inside the classroom, learning about where recycling goes when it gets collected from the kerbside, how it gets sorted at a MRF and why you cannot recycle those pesky things like lids. Students will participate in a series of waste management and minimisation challenges before talking a tour of the recycling drop-off canopy and the transfer station. On the tour, students put their eye into spy mode and might find truckloads of unnecessary waste heading to landfill.
Lesson focus: Recycling 101
Year levels: 1-13
Curriculum level: 1-8
Students: Maximum 35
Onsite: Pines Resource Recovery Park
Times: 9.30am-11.30am or 12.30pm-2.30pm
Run time: 2 hours
Requirements: Must wear closed in shoes
Cost: Free
Site tours may be postponed from time to time due to weather or operational issues.
Key Concepts
- Importance of recycling and reusing.
- How to recycle at kerbside and at PRRP.
- Individual and collective action towards change.
- A deeper understanding of the journey waste takes.
Learning Outcomes
- Best practice for recycling.
- How to separate and sort materials in your kerbside bins.
- What happens to kerbside recycling at a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
- Where to drop your recyclables that cannot go in the yellow kerbside bin.
- How reusable/recyclable resources are wasted in landfill.
- A positive pathway to real world solutions through immersive experiences.
Key Competencies
Thinking
Students use critical and creative thinking skills to rethink linear waste systems, reflect on individual and collective choices, and shape their future actions.
Using language, symbols, and texts
Students will use oral and visual text to follow instructions and deepen their knowledge of recycling.
Managing self
Students will manage themselves to a high standard and are required to recognise that they are on a working site.
Participating and contributing
During the session students will work together and contribute as a member of a group. This creates opportunities for others to participate and allows for safe environment for learning.
Adult : Student Ratio
| On-site Programme | Years 1 - 3 | Years 4 - 6 | Years 7 - 9 | Years 10 - 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recycle - Sort it Out! | 1:5 | 1:6 | 1:7 | 1:10 |
Achievement Objectives
| Curriculum area | Health and Physical Education | Science | Social Sciences | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strand and Level | Healthy Communities and Environments Level 1 - 8 | Nature of Science Level 1 - 8 Physical World Level 1 - 8 Material World Level 1 - 8 | Social Sciences Level 2 - 8 | Technological Practice Level 1 - 8 Technological Knowledge Level 1 - 8 Nature of technology Level 1 - 8 |
| Objective | Rights, responsibilities, laws; People and the environment Societal attitudes and values Community resources | Investigating in science Level 1 - 8 Communicating in science Level 1 - 7 Participating and contributing Level 1 - 8 Physical inquiry and physics concepts Level 1 - 8 Properties and changes of matter Level 1 - 8 Chemistry and society Level 1 - 5 | Social Studies Level 2 - 8 Geography | Brief development Level 1 - 8 Outcome development and evaluation Level 1 - 5 Technological products Level 1 - 8 Technological systems Level 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Characteristics of technology Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 Characteristics of technological outcomes Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 8 |