Lesson+Plan+5

Lesson plan5 Lesson focus: This lesson will be where the students implement the changes to their recycling habits that were talked about in the previous lesson, and are on the contribution that the class is making to the recycling problems of the school, as well as developing methods of limiting the amount of rubbish going to landfill.

Objective. After the lesson the student’s will be more aware of the amount of rubbish they bring to school. They will be able create solutions to increase the amount of waste that is recycled.

Activity one will see the students divided into groups of 4 or 5. In these groups the students will brainstorm about the rubbish that is used in their class, as well as the packaging they bring into class in their lunch box. From this they will then brainstorm alternatives to using some materials in class, as well as ways of improving the amount of rubbish brought into the class from home. Once the groups have completed this they will then share their ideas with the class.

Following from activity one there will be a class discussion on how to monitor how effective the recycling will be. Hopefully they create as system that they can monitor their progress with e.g. a point system to promote recycling. Additionally the class will also set goals on the improvement of the class’s recycling; they will also have to designate roles that have to be performed to ensure that there is an increase in the recycling of the class.

Activity three During this activity the students look through a supermarket catalogue and make a poster of the packaging that they are not allowed to bring into the classroom and what they are allowed to bring into the classroom. From these items they can then allocate points for the correct packaging, and have point deductions for the non-recyclables.

Activity four The students bring in their lunch boxes and examine what packaging they have, once this is done the students then use the point system to give the class a rating. Having seen the whole class’s lunch boxes, the students then think of ways of limiting their own recycling from home, by making suggestions about what different packaging could be used.

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