All Because of a piece of paper!

In this lesson, students will be able to state the possible effects of waste paper. They also investigate and begin to strategize about what they can do in their school homes and community to reduce the waste paper. Students will collaborate with their group members during the whole activity and evaluate their group members’ work. They will practice their communication skills.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives:

1)Students will be able to state the effect of paper waste and find the way to reduce the paperwaste
2)Students create a power pointmix and narrate their tips and ideas
3)Students will learn to solve a real-world problem. /
Tools used:
  • Digital Camera
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • OneDrive
Technology Required:
PC with internet access
Subjects covered:
Science, Civic Education, English, Design and Technology, Art, Mathematic
Age Range:
10-12
Time Required:
2 weeks
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Lesson 1:

Teacher prep: In this lesson students will become aware of the importance of environment protection. They will tell their prior knowledge about what the possible effects of paper waste.

Essential question: Look at to your dustbin.

What happens if cleaner doesn’t clean your class dustbin?

  1. Students give ideas on the essential question.

- produces foul smell

- breeds various types of insects and infectious organisms

- spoiling the aesthetics of the site

- effects human’ health

  1. Show students the video title “ All because of a piece of paper”
  • Students describe what they see.

  1. Organize the class into 6 small groups of 4 students.

-Students brainstormall the way they use paper each day.

-Encourage students to take pictures of paper waste around them.

-Students brainstorm the possible effects of paper waste.

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Lesson 2:

Teacher prep: In this lesson students will present their findings and narrate their tips and ideas on about what they can do to save the environmentusing the Power Point Mix.

  1. Students do research online to gain knowledge about paper waste and collect images from approved web sites. They use google Images. They save the images in the OneDrive.
  1. Students create PowerPoint presentation about what they can do to reduce the paper waste and protect the environment.
  1. Two groups will give advice on what they can do at home, two groups on what they can do at school and the other two on what they can do at community.
  1. Pass out the rubric that you will use to grade the assignment.
  1. Have groups share with one other group and use the rubric to provide feedback so that they can make revisions before turning in the final product.
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Lesson 3:

Teacher prep: In this lesson students will coordinate the recycling project in school. Use recycling as a fun, educational opportunity (e.g., in math record weight of the collected paper waste, art-students make poster). They also keep other students enthusiastic about recycling through a school poster contest, classroom challenges, or articles in the school dashboard. Student will go to Recycle Centre to bring hands on experiences with the Experts.

  1. Students do research online about Recycle Centre.
  1. Students discuss with nearest Recycle Centre to plan hands on experiences.
  1. Studentsdesign posters promoting successful ideas for reducing waste paper and display around school.
  2. Students go to nearest Recycle Centre.
  1. Students share their experience with other student during school assembly.
/ 21st Century Skills Alignment
21st Century Skill / Collaboration / Knowledge Construction / Use of ICT for Learning / Real World Problem Solving and Innovation / Skilled Communication / Self-Regulation
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Evidence /
  • Students are required to work in groups.
  • Students have shared responsibility
  • Students make substantive decisions together about the content, process, or product.
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  • This activity requires knowledge construction (interpretation, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation).
  • Students are required to apply their knowledge in a new context.
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  • The students have the opportunity to use ICT.
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  • Students are:
developing a solution to a problem that is new to them
completing a task that they have not been instructed how to do /
  • Students are required to produce extended or multi-modal communication
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  • This activity is long-term and
Students plan their own work
  • Students have the opportunity to revise based on feedback.

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