Sort Through the Trash

Worksheets Clean Up Australia Day Earth Day

Science

Description

In this activity, students sort waste items into the correct bin for recycling. This sorting activity is the perfect extension to any lesson on recycling, sustainability, or for an event like Clean Up Australia Day.

You may want to use only the first page of sorting tiles and the general recycling bin for Younger students. Older students will enjoy sorting through the different kinds of rubbish. If they get stuck, encourage them to research your local council's recycling rules to find out what they’re allowed to put in their bin.

Lesson Structure

Individual Activity
Rotations / Group Work

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Curriculum Codes

AC9S1H01 9

Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

AC9S2H01 9

Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

AC9S3H02 9

Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem

AC9S4H02 9

Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem

AC9S5H02 9

Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

AC9S6H02 9

Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

ACSHE022 8.4

People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things

ACSHE035 8.4

People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things

ACSHE051 8.4

Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions

ACSHE062 8.4

Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions

ACSHE083 8.4

Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions

ACSHE100 8.4

Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions

VCSSU041

People use science in their daily lives

VCSSU056

Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions

VCSSU073

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives

ST1-1WS-S old

Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas

ST1-2DP-T old

Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity

ST1-4LW-S old

Describes observable features of living things and their environments

ST1-5LW-T old

Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products

ST2-1WS-S old

Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations

ST2-10ES-S old

Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface