English National Curriculum - Science Science
Mission Objectives
Create a recycling campaign for your school
Explain what a natural resource is
Discuss the benefits of recycling to the environment
Words and meanings to learn
overexploitation
the overuse of a resource
finite
to have a limited number or amount
recycle
to convert waste into a new, usable material
the 4Rs
an acronym standing for refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle
landfill
the disposal of waste material by burying it, especially as a method of filling in and reclaiming excavated pits
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Resources: The handout and resources dependent on events and campaign materials required by students.
Core Handout: Ideas for campaign and questions to evaluate how successful their campaign was.
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