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What a Waste! Lesson plan 4-7
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This maths activity is all about how much food packaging we throw away in our homes and the importance of recycling.
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What a waste! Take home sheet - primary
Children monitor how much food packaging their families throw away or recycle over three days using the audit template.
There is space in the audit for tracking four types of food packaging: plastic, metal, card/paper and glass.
The results of the homework audits are used in Lesson 2 of the What a Waste! lesson plan to create graphs.
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- Age groups: 4-7s, 7-11s
- Topics: Waste
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