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Attachment 10: WFLC Lesson Plan WFLC LESSON PLAN Description A waste audit is a tool to measure waste production. The audit will measure how much waste is produced from school lunches, and will also find out how much waste is being sent to landfill or being diverted by recycling and composting. Students will collect, sort and weigh the waste from their lunches on a normal day before the challenge. During Waste Reduction Week, students will try to go waste-free for an entire week and monitor their success through visual scans. Finally, at some point during the Waste-Free Lunch challenge, the school will conduct a second waste audit to assess their improvement. The results will be compared to see whether there has been any change in the volume of waste produced from school lunches. Please note: This lesson is a simplified version of a full waste audit where items are sorted and results are measured to a greater level of detail. For information about conducting school-wide comprehensive waste audits, please visit www.wrwcanada.com (Waste Reduction Week in Canada) or www.ontarioecoschools.org (Ontario Ecoschools). 32 Lesson Objectives 1. To understand how school lunches can be a source of waste 2. To understand why it is important to have a waste-free school lunch 3. To identify those items within the average school lunch that are reusable, recyclable, compostable or garbage which must be sent to landfill 4. To identify ways of reducing waste from school lunches Curriculum Connections The following table provides sample Ontario curriculum connections to the Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. For a detailed overview of Ontario environmental curriculum connections (JK and grade eight), please visit the
Ministry of Education’s 2011 Environmental Education: Scope and Sequences of Expectations: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/environ18curr.pdf. Grade Subject Strand and Topic JK-SK Personal and Social Development Awareness of Surroundings The Arts Visual Arts Grade 1 Drama Creating and Presenting Science and Technology Everyday Structures Grade 2 Visual Art Creating and Presenting Mathematics Data Management and Probability Grade 3 Language Reading Mathematics Grade 4 Language Writing Data Management and Probability: Collection and Organization of Data 33 Social Studies Canadian and World Connections: Canada’s Provinces, Territories and Regions Grade 5 Health and Physical Education Active Living- Safety Science and Technology Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy and Resources Grade 6 Health and Physical Education Healthy Living: Making Healthy Eating Choices Social Studies Mathematics Canada and World Connections: Canada’s Links to the World Measurement: Attributes, Units and Measurement Sense Grade 7 Music Creating and Performance History and Geography Patterns in Physical Geography
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Page 9 and 10: GETTING STARTED - BEFORE THE CHALLE
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Page 13 and 14: COMPLETING THE CHALLENGE During the
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