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 * TOPIC: ** RECYCLING
 * YEAR LEVEL: ** PREP- GRADE 1
 * LEARNING AREA: ** HUMANITIES
 * DURATION: ** 50mins

**__LEARNING FOCUS: __**Students will explore how and why natural factors and human activities (recycling) can affect their lives. They will participate in activities in groups about recycling to develop their awareness of environmental issues.

**__OBJECTIVES: __** Students will be able to:
 * List some benefits of recycling to the environment and society
 * Create a group poster on what they know about recycling, showing items that can be recycled for different materials.
 * **ACTIVITIES ** ||  **MATERIALS **  ||   ||
 * **__ACTIVITY 1: CLASS BRAINSTORM: __**
 * Teacher discusses in simple terms what recycling is; **reduce, reuse, then recycle.** Write these words on the board.
 * Display large pictures of various materials around the room (paper, glass, plastic bags, steel) and have class guess which are recyclable.
 * Discuss why. Then allow students to guess any more items that can be recycled. Write these on the board.

**__ACTIVITY 2: CLASS RESEARCH: __**
 * As a class, log onto an interactive website for kids, that gives information and pictures about the types of materials that can be recycled.
 * Split the students into groups of about 4.
 * The teacher will hand out a slip to each group which will name a certain type of material that is recyclable (paper, cardboard etc)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">This will be the product/ material they must use on their poster. The aim is to think of and draw as many items that this material is found in. For example; cardboard can be found in cereal boxes, storage boxes- these will be drawn onto the poster.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">They are to create a colourful poster drawing pictures to show the environmental benefits of recycling.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">POSTER PRODUCTION: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Distribute craft resources such as textas, magazines, glue, scissors, poster paper, crayons.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Allocate roles: one or two students to be responsible for each of the following; scribe, finding pictures in magazines, drawing the pictures. Make sure everyone is involved.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Teacher will assist and prompt students with posters.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">POSTER PRESENTATION: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">At end of the lesson give groups a 2 minute time limit to show the class their posters and to explain their drawings, what recyclable material they had and how it can benefit the environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">To conclude, teacher goes back on interactive website to show images and recap on how recycling can benefit the environment, || * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Whiteboard for brainstorm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">large pictures displayed around room


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Interactive whiteboard
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Recycling internet website


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Slip to be handed to each group naming the material eg- carboard.

At the conclusion of lesson:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">craft resources ||   ||
 * __EVALUATION OF STUDENT'S LEARNING:__**
 * Direct questions to students asking what is recyclying?
 * Have a list of materials/ items onthe board, ask each student in turn if they think a particular item from the list is recyclable or not.