Being Safe Around Waste

Being Safe Around Waste

Lesson 2 of 9 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students work together as a class to develop a safety code for learning about solid waste.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • recognise that there are some hazards in learning about waste, but students can be safe if they follow some simple rules.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 English:

  • Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs (ACELA1484)

Year 3 Science:

  • Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS060)

Year 4 English:

  • Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA1498)

Year 4 Science:

  • Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS071)

Syllabus Outcomes: EN2-9BST2-4WS

Time required: 48 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead class-wide discussion and manage activity.

Resources needed

  • Paper and pens

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