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Green Schools – Session Plan

Details about the Session

Title of the Session: Waste & recycling: the 3 R’s
Aims of the Session:
Help the children to understand the different effects of materials we use, different ways of waste management, using the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle) and how recycling is important to our environment. At the end create a Koi fish out of recyclable materials.
Objectives: Please complete the following
  • Participatein talking about recycling and how it effects the planet
  • Discuss different effects of materials on the environment and what you can do with recycled material
  • Namea range of recyclable objects and materials and the waste management process.
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  • Recognisethe difference between items you can and cannot recycle and the benefits of recycling
  • Design decorate a koi fish with recycled materials
  • Contributeyour ideas and present your designed items to the rest of the class.

Age Group you’d like to work with: Please highlight the boxes below to indicate which
Primary / Year 3 – Ages 7/8 / Year 4 – Ages 8/9 / Year 5 – Ages 9/10 / Year 6 – Ages 10/11
Secondary / Year 7 – Ages 11/12 / Year 8 – Ages 12/13 / Year 9 – Ages 13/14 / Year 10 – Ages 14/15
Other: Please give details
How many volunteers will be needed to deliver the session: 2-3
Resources:
What will you need to host the session?
-Scissors -Projector & computer (for slides)
-Pencils -Paper
-Colouring pencils -Recyclable materials
-Glue -Worksheet printout
Venue:
Do you have any requirements for the room you will be hosting the session in? Classroom.
Budget:
How much will your session cost to deliver? You do not need to include travel in this budget
Recyclable materials could be bought from home or supplied by the university - £10 for materials?
/ Liverpool Guild of StudentsCharity Number: 1137398
160 Mount Pleasant, L3 5TRCompany Number: 07324992
+44 (0) 151 794 6868

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Session Plan

Timings / Trainer Activity / Pupil Activity / Learning Outcome
How long will the activity take? / What will be happening? / What will the pupils be doing? / What will they have learnt?
5 mins / Section 1:
Introduce yourself & Introduce volunteers
Advantages & disadvantages of materials
  • Social & Environmental impact
  • Waste management
  • Worksheet & Design task
/ To meet and greet all volunteers and students.
Listen and understand the objectives of the lesson and the plan of action for the rest of the lesson. / Who the volunteers are and where they have come from.
What the rest of the session will entail.
15 mins / Section 2:
Waste awareness
Does the world have a waste problem? Get the children involved.
What is recycling? The 3 Rs and management solution / Put hands up and be involved with ideas.
Name sustainable resources, what is recycling?
Ask questions of what we can do to reduce/ fix waster problems.
Learn about the 3 Rs and different management solutions for materials. / Be able to name sustainable resources and understand that there is a waste problem.
Learn about the 3 R’s and what they mean. Combine this with an understanding of the waste management system.
15 mins / Section 3: Tasks
Recycling word search
Complete the recycling worksheet
Go through the answers / Complete word search and go through what the words in the word search mean.
Complete the recycling worksheet and put hands up when going through the answers. / Reiteration of what we have learnt through the completion of the workbook and wordsearch.
20 mins
5 mins / Section 4: Final Task and thank yous
Get the children to make a Koi fish out of recycled materials and discuss with partners why to recycle and how to get people to recycle
Quick Q+A about what they have learnt
Lastly, say thank yous to the children and hope they have had a good time / Make a koi fish out of the recycled materials and discuss about recycling and different ways of recycling within your partner.
Present their koi fishes and help to answer questions in the Q+A session about what they have learnt.
Thank the volunteers and finish session. / Discuss in groups about recycling. Be able to teach and tell friends and family about what you can and cannot recycle and the recycle process.
/ Liverpool Guild of StudentsCharity Number: 1137398
160 Mount Pleasant, L3 5TRCompany Number: 07324992
+44 (0) 151 794 6868