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Lesson 6
Earth and space sciences
OUR RESOURCEFUL WORLD
Teacher notes
Science inquiry focus:
How can we use Earth’s resources wisely and how can we
reduce, reuse and recycle our waste?
Science Inquiry Skills:
• Questioning and predicting QP
• Planning and conducting PC
• Processing and analysing data and information PA
• Communicating C
Science as a Human Endeavour:
• Students identify how they can help conserve Earth’s
resources in their everyday lives by reducing their use
of limited resources, reusing and upcycling unwanted
resources, and recycling waste items correctly.
Technology/Engineering/Mathematics links:
• scanning QR codes using an iPad® to view online videos
• using an iPad® to film an interview
• participating in an online interactive activity to sort waste
into groups
Background information
• Everything we do in our daily lives uses Earth’s resources in
either their natural or transformed state.
• As human populations continue to expand exponentially,
there is growing concern for how long Earth’s resources
will last. In recent years, the overuse of Earth’s resources
has been a major focus with concerns over climate change,
deforestation, resource depletion and other environmental
issues.
• ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ has been a vital campaign for
many years. It includes:
— reducing our use of a resource, such as turning off taps,
lights and electronic devices when not in use and saying
no to unnecessary plastic packaging
— reusing resources for different purposes, such as using
an old phone as a digital camera or upcycling unwanted
objects
— recycling waste materials by giving unwanted clothes,
toys and furniture to charity, placing recyclable materials
in the correct bins and using old food scraps as compost
• Some people suggest we need to do more than just
reduce, reuse and recycle; see more at .
Assessment focus:
• Use students’ filmed interview
segments to assess their
knowledge of how humans can
reduce their waste, reuse waste
items and recycle correctly in
their everyday lives.
Resources
• Online video—A story about
sustainability at
• Online video—Recycling
at
• A3 copy of page 98
• One copy of pages 98 and
99 (or 100) for each pair
• One iPad® with a QR
scanner for each pair
• Online interactive game—
City of Surrey – Rethink
waste at
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