Effective Waste Management - an integrated Social Studies/Science Resource for Years 7 - 9

<body> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" width="90%" height="350"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="1288"><p align="left"><a name="Introduction"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="4">Introduction</font></a></p> <b><p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">This is an integrated Social Studies/Science resource for Years 7 - 9 covering the issues of </b><strong>Integrated Waste Management.</strong></font></small></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="cover.gif" width="293" height="434" alt="Effective waste management" align="right">There is a section on Marine Debris but otherwise this resource does not deal with the issue of our water resource. This has been covered in an excellent integrated-curriculum resource<i>: Living With Our Waterways </i>and <i>Save Our Disappearing Water </i>listed in <a href="Appendices.pdf">Appendix 2.</a></font></small></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Each unit is prefaced with Curriculum Achievement Objectives and Indicators and a summary of each activity then concludes with Assessment Activities related to the achievement objectives. (For ease of management it is suggested that teachers assess only one achievement objective and/or skill for formal record keeping purposes.) All eight essential skills - communication, numeracy, information, problem-solving, self-management and competitive skills, social and cooperative skills, physical and work and study skills - will be developed and practised with this resource.</font></small></p> <b><p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The aims of this resource are to:</font></small></b><ul> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">foster understanding of integrated waste management practices</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">encourage students to apply this understanding or knowledge responsibly and contribute constructively to their own community and the wider society.</font></small></li> </ul> <p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The units and sections can be done separately as stand-alone studies and/or as part of a wider unit. This is a copyright-free booklet and permission is given to schools and teachers to make photocopies of all pages.</font></small></p> <b><p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Students will be involved in Values Exploration:</font></small></b><ul> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">the nature of social justice</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">the welfare of others</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">acceptance of cultural diversity</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">respect for the environment</font></small></li> </ul> <b><p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Students will be encouraged to examine:</font></small></b><ul> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">their own values, the influences that have shaped them, the reasons why they are held, and the consequences of holding them</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">the diversity of value systems in local, regional, and global communities and the reasons for the diversity, in relation to a concept or issue</font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">instances of technological change, identifying the attitudes and values promoting this change </font></small></li> <li><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ways in which communities and societies attempt to deal with values conflict and seek to come to some agreement on underlying values in order to establish a basis for people and groups to live and work together.</font></small></li> </ul> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p align="center"><img src="line1.gif" width="500" height="5" alt=""></p> <blockquote> <p align="center"> </p> </blockquote> <font size="4"><p><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Social Decision Making Process</font></font></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Students should apply their knowledge as they make decisions about actions that could be taken on a range of issues and problems in a society. To do this they need to clarify a social issue, then suggest a range of possible strategies to address the issue. They can select strategies on the basis of the values and decide what action could be taken. Throughout this process the students can reflect upon and evaluate their thinking and their findings.</font></small></p> <font size="4"><p><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Multicultural Perspectives</font></font></p> <p><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Students from a diverse range of cultural groups are present in many New Zealand classrooms.  Students need to recognise that more than one set of cultural expectations needs to be met when exploring values.</font></small></p> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p align="center"><img src="line1.gif" width="500" height="5" alt=""></p> <blockquote> <p align="center"> </p> </blockquote> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td width="83%" valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"><font size="3" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Keep Christchurch Beautiful Campaign Education Progression Chart</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Years 1-3<big><br> </big><b>Tidiness</b></font></td> <td width="72%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="bookcover2.JPG" alt="Tidiness" align="left" width="100" height="141"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="28%" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Years 4-6<big><br> </big><b>Waste & its Management</b></font></td> <td width="72%"><p align="center"><b><img src="bookcover.JPG" alt="Waste & its Management" width="100" height="143"></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="28%" valign="top"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Years 7-9<big><br> </big><b>Effective Waste Management</b></font></td> <td width="72%"><img src="ewmcover.JPG" alt="Effective Waste Management" align="right" width="100" height="142"></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p align="center"><img src="line1.gif" width="500" height="5" alt=""><b></p> </b><blockquote> <p align="center"> </p> </blockquote> <p align="center"><a name="Contents"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="5"><strong>Contents</strong></font></a></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html"><img src="../Getacro.gif" width="88" height="31" alt="Get Acrobat" align="right" border="0"></a><font face="Arial" size="3"><small>This document has been published as a series of 5 pdf files, one for each Unit, plus one for the Appendices.  You will need a copy of Acrobat Reader to view these files to download the free viewer click on the download icon. </small></font></p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" width="80%" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td width="79%"></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Page number</i></font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><a href="#Introduction"><b><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Introduction </font></b></a></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="Unit1.pdf" target="_self">Unit 1:</a></b><br> <small>The Earth’s Natural Resources </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">4</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="Unit2.pdf">Unit 2:</a></b><br> <small>Litter Management </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">10</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="Unit3.pdf">Unit 3:</a></b><br> <small>Waste Minimisation: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Resource Recovery </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">22</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Section A: Background Information</font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">25</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Section B: Reduce</font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">28</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Section C: Reuse </font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">34</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Section D: Recycle - including insert on The Kerbside Recycling Partnership </font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">37</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Section E: Resource Recovery - Composting</font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">41</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="Unit4.pdf">Unit 4:</a></b><br> <small>Residue or Solid Waste Disposal </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">47</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="Unit5.pdf">Unit 5:</a></b><br> <small>Liquid Waste Management </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">53</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="Appendices.pdf"><b>Appendices</b></a><br> <small>1. Glossary </small></font></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">56</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2. Bibliography & <a href="internet.asp">Other Resources</a> </font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">58</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">3. Guest Speakers/School Visits </font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">65</font></small></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="79%"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">4. Calendar of Environmental Events </font></small></td> <td width="21%" align="right" valign="bottom"><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">67</font></small></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p align="center"></font><img src="line1.gif" width="500" height="5" alt=""><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"></font><small><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For additional information please contact <a href="mailto:shirley.christensen@ccc.govt.nz">Keep Christchurch Beautiful Co-ordinator</a>.</font></small></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="21"></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> </body>