It is now time to examine a particular role of a person in Design and Technologies.
Teaching Idea 2: Whole Class Collaborative Discussion Collaborative discussion will provide various occupations of persons in Design and Technology. From this discussion, students will be able to focus on a particular occupation, for all intended purposes for this teaching resource a Garbage Collector has been chosen. Let's look at what a Garbage Collector does and what happens to our refuse and then the all important question of Recycling could be introduced to the students. Click on the link Garbage Truck Man - A Day in the Life. |
What do we recycle?Here is a Fact Sheet from a local Council which could assist the students to identify those products which should be recycled.
Take the students on an excursion to their nearest Recycling Centre, check this out. Click on this link from a Local Council who run excursions to their Recycling Centre. |
How do we recycle?So how do we recycle?
We need to make sure that we separate all our refuse into the relevant categories for recycling, general waste, metal, paper, glass and plastic. Click on this link to see How Do I Recycle? |
Why do we recycle?This is why we recycle? Click on the link
'A Day in the Life of your Garbage and Recyclables', this is what happens to our garbage and what it can be made into 'Recycle, Renew, Reuse'. |
You can now test your students knowledge with respect to 'RECYCLING'
Teaching Idea 3: Resources - Apps
Students can test their Recycling Knowledge with the following apps. Recycle Rescue is a super fun and challenging game to help develop students' recycling skills. Recycle Smart is a app which assists persons to identify the items which can be recycled. Teaching Idea 4: Resource - Clean Up Australia - Recycling Waste at School
Click on this Website and have a look at the amazing array of Fact Sheets and Events Calendar. There is a full list of how schools can get involved and many resources which can be utilised in the school environment. |