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=Lesson Four - Finding out (Excursion to Recycling Plant)=

**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.

**OBJECTIVE(S): ** Students will begin to have more of an understanding of different organisations and see Visy Recycling in action to understand more what they do and recycling works. Students will be able to have questions about recycling answered by professionals. Students will also be able to have a deeper knowledge of recycling and items which can and can’t be recycled. = **TOPIC QUESTION: ** =

What can certain items turn in to?

 * **TIMING ** ||  **LEARNER ACTIVITIES **  ||  **TEACHER ACTIVITY **  ||  **RESOURCES **  ||
 * **9am- 9:10 **

9:10-9:25

**9:25 – 10:10 **

**10:10 – 10:15**

10:15-10:30

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">**10:30-10:40** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Students will listen to a briefing on what they can and can’t do while on the excursion to local recycle plant.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Students will walk in two lines to the bus and get on the bus quietly and sensibly as directed by their teacher.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The students will listen to the tour guide who is showing them around the plant and they will ask questions by raising their hands. They will be quiet and sensible while completing the tour. Students are able to take in turns of taking photos with the classroom camera throughout the tour. Students will remain calm and listen to the information given.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">A selected student will thank the tour guide and Visy Recycling for <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">letting us come and have a look. Students will clap and all say thank you. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Students will the sensibly and quietly get back on the bus to school. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Go on the bus back to school  <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Have a discussion about what they learnt about recycling at Visy Recycling. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Also what they liked about the excursion. || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teacher will sit students on the floor before taking them on an excursion to Visy Recycling. The teacher will tell students of the rules they are to follow while on the excursion. Such as, no running put your hand up to speak, no touching unless you’ve been told to etc.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teacher will line the students up into two lines and walk them to the bus ensuring they are reminded to be quiet and sensible on the bus.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The teacher will go on the tour as well ensuring that children remain sensible and be respectful to the tour guide. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teacher will watch students and say thank you before lining the students up in two lines and directing them back on the bus. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The teacher can prompt questions about the excursion such as what did you learn? What did you like?

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teacher can print some of the photos taken and stick them up around the room.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Advise the students to think about what they liked best as they will be writing about it tomorrow during writing time. || · <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bus

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