Teaching Resources
Teaching resources online
Recycle Now: Lesson plans and activities for both primary and secondary schools, as well as a detailed guide for recycling at school and downloadable posters/stickers.
www.recyclenow.com/schools
Recycle More: Good information for teachers and pupils.
www.recycle-more.co.uk
Recycle Zone: Child-friendly site with information on waste and recycling.
www.recyclezone.org.uk
The POD: EDF’s sustainable schools resource.
www.jointhepod.org
HSBC and Eco Schools Climate Initiative: www.eco-schools-hsbc.org
Renewable Energy: Lesson plans and resources.
http://www.ecostyle.co.uk/lesson_plans.html
The Co-operative: Their Green Schools Revolution
http://www.co-operative.coop/green-schools-revolution/
Envision: Young people making a difference.
www.envision.org.uk
Early Vision: Educational resources to raise children's awareness of the world around them.
www.earlyvision.com
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): Lesson plans and information.
www.bigchallenge-weeesolution.co.uk
Recycling Paper: A Kent based papermaking site producing 100% recycled paper, with a student section on recycling paper.
www.aylesford-newsprint.co.uk
Recycling Plastic: For detailed information about plastics, free downloadable publications.
www.recoup.org
Recycling Glass: Education Resources about glass manufacture, products and disposal.
www.recyclingglass.co.uk
Recycling Steel: Fun site which brings recycling steel to life for teachers and students!
www.scrib.org
Recycling Aluminium: Free resources available for use in the classroom. Good CD Rom which demonstrates the aluminium recycling loop.
www.thinkcans.net
Stuffed: Positive Action to prevent a global food crisis.
www.stuffedonline.org/Forteachers.aspx
The Story of Stuff: Video Resources on product lifecycles for the classroom.
www.storyofstuff.com
eTwinning: A European schools twinning project supported by the British Council, providing opportunities for schools across Europe to work together on projects including environmental issues and recycling.
www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm
Lesson ideas
What’s in our bin? (KS2) Investigate what the class throws away in a day. Pupils identify and weigh the different materials found in their class bin and come up with ideas about how they can reduce the amount of waste.
‘What’s in our bin?’ Lesson Notes
How wasteful was my lunch? (KS2) Pupils examine the rubbish they create from their packed lunches and identify alternatives to non-reusable and non-recyclable packaging.
‘How wasteful was my lunch?’ Lesson Notes
Take Action, Be a Champion! (KS2) Challenge your class to take MuRFy’s ‘Are you a 3R Champion?’ Quiz. Pupils learn how waste is everyone’s responsibility and how they can reduce, reuse and recycle. They also have the opportunity to make 3R pledges. A good activity to do before or after a visit to MuRFy’s World.
‘Take Action, Be a Champion’ Lesson Notes (Please email to receive the quiz as a PowerPoint Show)
MuRFy’s ‘Are you a 3R Champion?’ Quiz
Making the Right Choices (Yr5/6) A lesson which gives pupils the opportunity to think about the pros and cons, as far as waste is concerned, of some of the choices they make in their day to day lives.
‘Making the Right Choices’ Lesson Notes
For more information on classroom resources please contact the Education Officer Julia Roebuck on 07891 815 068 or email julia.roebuck@wastewatch.org.uk