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=Lesson Two - Deciding Directions (School Recycling Program)=

**LEARNING FOCUS:** Students will be looking into more depth the ways in which human activities can affect our environments and lives. They will develop a deeper awareness of environmental issues and have experiences of this through activities and relating it to personal experiences.

**OBJECTIVE(S):** The students will know what materials can be recycled and what materials cannot be recycled. They will know which colour bin they will put their recyclable items in as there will be detailed photos of what belongs in each bin stuck on the bin. Students will start to gain a better understanding of the importance of recycling. **What do we want to focus on?** Recycling, types of recycled materials at school and implementing the recycling program **Lesson Duration 40 minutes**
 * Questions: **
 * Why are we recycling?** To make the word a better place
 * Why is it important to recycle?** Protect environment, decrease pollution, save forests, save energy and resources.
 * What materials can be recycled?** Paper, cans, food scraps, plastic and water.
 * = Timing ||= Learning Activities ||= Teaching Activities ||= Resources ||
 * 5min

5 min

10 min

10 -20 min || * Students sit on floor and discuss recycable item and why materials can be recycled.
 * The students will get their items that they were asked to bring from home, 2 recycable and 2 non recycable items.
 * Individually the students will place their items in the 2 piles on the floor, 1 recycable and the other non recycable.
 * As a whole class they will go through the materials to see if they are in the correct place.
 * Students will listen to the teacher while they talk about the recycling program
 * Students will answer questions and show the teacher/other students what items at school can be recycled.
 * The students will look at the bins and recognise the different colours and once their photos have been processed will sick the photos on the correct bin. This will be completed as a whoile class activity || * Re-cap on last lesson about recycling and recyclable materials
 * Ask the students to get the items that they bought from home and place them on the floor in the recycle pile and rubbish pile.
 * As a group go through each item and say ask if it is in the correct spot put them in the correct bins. (Students were previously asked to bring items from home - 2 recyclable, 2 non)
 * Teacher should take photos of students with reycyable materials
 * Tell the students that we are going to implementing a recycling program in our school (e.g food scraps bucket, compost, grey water… different bins for paper etc – put photos of recyclable objects on recycle bin and photos of non recyclable objects)


 * What items at school do we already know we can recycle?
 * Paper/cardboard
 * Food waste
 * Cans
 * Water - this will be discussed in more detail in a later lesson
 * Plastic
 * Show the students the new bins and buckets that have been purchased for each classroom.
 * Blue Bin = Recycling Objects (plastics, cans, bottles)
 * Red Bucket = Food Scraps
 * Yellow Box = Paper Scraps
 * Stick the photos taken last lesson on the correct bins, get the students to do this and check that they are in the correct places. Tell the students that on Friday at assembly we will explain to the rest of the school what items need to be recycled and which materials go in each bin/bucket/box….. || plastic bottles, tin canspaper, cardboard, egg cartons

digital camera

blue bin yellow box red bucket ||