Reducing, Re-Using, Recycling
Waste Breakdown
Resource description:
In this activity, students learn how long it takes for waste to break down in landfill. Students consider ways to reduce waste.
Includes a teacher’s guide and student worksheets.
Topic: Reducing waste, waste breakdown
Subject area: Science, Design and Technologies
Source:CERES School of Nature and Climate
Waste Sort
Resource description:
In this activity, students learn how to reduce waste, identifying which materials can be re-used or recycled.
Includes a teacher’s guide and student worksheets.
Topic: Reducing waste
Subject area: English
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
Plastic Waste in the News
Resource description:
Students analyse two newspaper articles about plastic waste. They then write an article about reducing plastic waste.
Includes newspaper articles for study, a teacher’s guide and student worksheets. A free account is required to access these resources.
Topic: Reducing plastic
Subject area: English
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
Start a Waste Warrior Team
Resource description:
In this lesson, students develop a plan to reduce waste in their school and their community.
Includes a teacher’s guide, and student worksheets. A free account is required to access the resources.
Topic: Reducing waste
Subject area: Geography
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
Back to Earth – Green Waste Messages
Resource description:
In this activity, students write a slogan or song about the benefits of recycling garden waste.
Includes a teacher’s guide and student worksheets. A free account is required to access these resources.
Topic: Recycling waste
Subject area: English
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
The Trouble with E-Waste
Resource description:
In this lesson, students consider ways to reduce e-waste.
Includes a factsheet about plastic waste, a teacher's guide, and several student worksheets.
Topic: Reducing e-waste
Subject area: Social Studies, Design and Technologies.
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
Lunchtime litter
Resource description:
In this activity, students record how much litter they find at school, and consider ways to reduce waste in future.
Includes a teacher’s guide and student worksheets. A free account is required to access these resources.
Topic: Reducing waste
Subject area: Science
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)
4Rs game
Resource description:
A card game that helps students understand how to reduce waste, using the ‘4R’S’: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle.
Includes a teacher’s guide and student worksheets. A free account is required to access these resources.
Topic: Reducing waste, 4R'S
Subject area: English, Science, Geography
Source: Cool Australia (Free account required)