Students will learn about single-use plastics, how they impact the environment once they are discarded, and use a placemat activity to help them think of solutions. They will write a persuasive text on a chosen reusable alternative.

Students work in pairs to calculate the volume and cost of using one large box of sultanas versus one multi-pack.

Each lesson includes a lesson description, lesson aim and curriculum links.

Students understand the process of decomposition and how composting is an accelerated form of this natural process.

A Year 5 cross-curriculum unit on avoiding and reducing food waste.

Students learn that supermarkets throw away edible fruit and vegetables based on appearance, and how consumers could be convinced to buy them to avoid the food going to landfill.

Students learn about the choices they have and actions they can take to stop wasting food and resources.

A cross-curriculum guide to reducing plastic waste.

Students learn about the properties of plastics, and how plastic is easily blown around in the environment – therefore becoming a harmful pollutant. They will write a scientific report about their observations.

Students learn about how plastic impacts marine animals and the environment.

Each lesson includes a lesson description, lesson aim and curriculum links.

Students will learn about single-use plastics, how they impact the environment and use role play scenarios to help them think of solutions.

Students identify the imbalance between wants and resources, and the impact of scarcity on resource allocation. They identify that, when making choices, people use strategies to inform their purchasing and financial decisions.

Activities in this resource introduce the container deposit scheme and how to investigate and apply it in Kimberley schools.

Students learn about the resources needed to grow, harvest and sell food and how these limited resources are wasted when food is thrown away.

Students understand food packaging and record information in a table or graph. They discuss options on how to avoid, reuse and recycle.

A waste audit is used to discover how much waste is produced and what kind of items are thrown away. Students learn about which items are made from plastic and how to avoid, reuse and recycle plastic items.

Students learn about the problems associated with landfill and write an article to persuade residents to make landfill the last resort.

This engaging, hands-on resource will help students learn all about worms, including how worm farms support waste reduction and generate healthy soils in a sustainable system.

The Waste Management in Perth teacher and student booklets support the in-depth study of waste management in Perth, Western Australia.