This programme compares wise waste management choices with their alternatives. Reduce Reuse Recycle Recover are the themes for the day.
| Age/level: | Years 3–13 |
| Availability: | Available year round |
| Length: | 2.25 hours |
| Site: | Metro Place Organic Processing Plant and EcoDepot, and Burwood Landfill |
| Cost: | Free |
| Number of classes: | One at a time
(One class = 35 students) |
Burwood Landfill Risk Analysis and Management (RAM) form [DOC 85KB]
General waste site Risk Analysis and Management (RAM) form [DOC 86KB]
Metro EcoDepot Risk Analysis and Management (RAM) form [DOC 85KB]
Organic Processing Plant Risk Analysis and Management (RAM) form [DOC 86KB]
Programme outline
Key concepts
Waste minimisation and management, sustainability, personal and social responsibility for action, reduce, reuse and recycle, natural cycles for dealing with waste.
Lesson description/intentions
This programme is a shorter alternative to A Waste of a Day Out, suitable for younger students. Students will gain an understanding of waste hierarchy and effective waste minimisation and management processes through a visit to three key sites in Christchurch.
Organics Composting Plant
EcoDepot, Metro Place
Landfill
Possible success criteria
Students may be able to:
- Explain the importance of putting the right organic waste in the green bin.
- Identify changes made in the recycling process.
- Identify items in the refuse pit that should have been placed elsewhere.
- Give examples of ways to reduce or reuse.
- Recognise the key issues of methane, leachate and land slumps in landfills.
Key Competencies
Thinking - students will use creative, critical and metacognitive processes to make informed choices regarding sustainable methods of dealing with and reducing waste
Managing self - students will be encouraged to display a 'can-do' attitude in terms of waste minimisation; our aim is to empower students to want to make a difference
Feedback
"Lively explanations and questioning of students. Excellent. Kept them thinking."
Teacher, Years 9–10
"A lot of stuff you throw out can be reduced, reused and recycled and it can go to so many more places other than the dump."
Year 10 student
Learning areas
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| Science | Nature of science | Level 2–4 | - Communicating in science
- Investigating on science
- Participating and contributing
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| Living world | Level 2–4 | |
| Technology | Nature of technology | Level 2–4 | - Characteristics of technology
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| Social sciences | | Level 2 | - Understand that people have social, cultural and economic roles, rights and responsibilites
- Understand how people make choices to meet their needs and wants
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| Levels 3 | - Understand how people make decisions about access to and use of resources
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| Level 4 | - Understand how innovation creates opportunites and challenges for people, places and environments
- Understan how producers and consumers exercise their rights and meet their responsibilities
- Understand how people participate indiviually and collectively in response to community challenges
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| Health and physical education | Personal health and physical development | Level 3–5 | - Safety management
- Personal identity
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| Healthy communities and environments | Level 3–4 | - Societal attributes and values
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| | Level 4 | - Rights, responsibilities and laws/people and the environment
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Possible NCEA links
| Geography 1.6 (90207) | Describe a contemporary geographic issue |
| Geography 2.6 (90331) | Examine a contemporary geographic issue and evaluate courses of action |
| Geography 3.6 (90706) | Analyse a contemporary geographic issue and evaluate courses of action |
| Social studies 1.2 (90216) | Describe peoples participation in society |
| Social studies 2.2 (90272) | Describe how people's actions influence society |
| Social studies 3.2 (90690) | Examine people's responses to challenges facing society |
