Plastic in School for primary school
Learning outcome
The following resources were created based on the original by Portal Globales Lernen - World University Service.
The pupils...
- recognize their own consumer behavior
- question consumption decisions
- apply mathematical quantities to everyday life
Time required
4-6 teaching units
Tools or equipment
- Various types of waste (e.g. glass bottles, old newspapers/cardboard, plastic packaging, organic waste such as banana peel/tangerine peel, broken cups/dishes/clothing)
- Items that can still be recycled (e.g. clothing with a small hole, washed-out glass screw-top jars, plastic shopping bags)
- Colored chalk
- Colored pens
Activity description
Look at the picture. Circle the animals with a blue pencil. Circle the garbage with a red pencil.
How did you recognize the garbage? Imagine another child doesn't know what garbage is. How would you explain the word?
What would have helped to keep the beach clean? What do you do with garbage? Collect ideas for dealing with garbage with the class.
[Teacher presents the garbage brought in and draws the different garbage cans on the board with colored chalk (organic waste garbage can, wastepaper, residual waste, yellow bag, used glass)].
To prevent waste from ending up in nature, it must be disposed of correctly. Which waste belongs in which garbage can? What does not need to be thrown away?
Optional: How does waste separation work at school? Go in search of clues. Is the waste separated? Does waste end up in the wrong garbage can?
Homework:
And what does it look like at home? How many garbage cans do you have? What garbage are they for?
Why is it bad when waste ends up in the environment? Complete the cloze text:
(Cloze text in the appendix)
Tips how to implement the topic to school curriculum
- Extension options: The teaching unit can be supplemented with an excursion (to the beach, riverbank, city park, etc.). The pupils can collect and sort garbage here. They find out what type of garbage it is, how it got there and how it could have been avoided.
- Extension option: The pupils create a diary entitled “A day without plastic waste” about the project day and/or the excursion. Each pupil designs a page. They can draw their own pictures, write down memories or stick on material. All the pages are then put together to form a book.
