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Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

Learning objects Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

TLF ID M020974

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource uses the five-step sustainability action process to engage students in an authentic hands on investigation within their school context. The investigation process addresses the Australian cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability.
Year level

3; 4; 5; 6

Topics Graphic arts Land custodianship Technologies Safety Active citizenship Creating texts Engineering Decision making Beliefs Tools Storms Environmental management Environmental influences Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Right angles Artefacts Word meanings Technical drawing Design Maps (Geographic location) Scientists Attitudes Data analysis Data representation Materials Forest fires Risk management Planning Data collection Human settlements Countries Graphs (Data representation) Computer graphics Reasoning Problem solving Community development Communication skills Report writing Waste management Experiments Sharing (Cooperation) Conversations Discussions (Texts) Fibres (Materials) Evidence Judgement Design briefs Instrumentation (Technology) Procedures Droughts Environmental stewardship Environmental impact Work health and safety Human impact Self-evaluation Evaluation Independent variables Scientific control Text types Floods Recycling Predictions (Science) Information retrieval Information literacy Instructions Vocabularies SI units Oral presentations Patterns Similarity (Classification) Scaffolding (Teaching methods) Chronological order Timelines Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Historical sources Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Research questions Sense of place Action projects Modelling Opportunity costs
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • Geography
  • Mathematics
  • Design and technologies
  • Science
  • Technologies

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.