Digital Technologies - Our School Recycling Tracker Project: 9 Lesson Plans + Summative Assessment + FREE Student WORKBOOK (Yr 7-8)

Make a Real-World Impact: Cultivate Eco-Smart, Problem-Solving Students!

Tired of searching for environmental units that truly connect with young people and make a tangible difference?

Our "School Recycling Project: Investigating Waste & Driving Change" unit delivers a complete, project-packed experience for Year 7-8 students across Australia. It provides ready-to-use resources that are rich in practical investigation and real-world application, covering concepts like data collection, analysis, problem-solving, and community action for a greener school. This unit empowers you to guide students through the exciting process of applying scientific inquiry and critical thinking to the real-world environmental challenges they face today within their own school community.

Benefit from:

• Effortless Delivery: Clearly defined objectives and explicit teaching content make exploring sophisticated concepts like waste audits, data visualisation, and project management smooth and confident for both you and your students.
• Engaging Activities: From conducting hands-on recycling audits and using spreadsheets to analyse data, to designing awareness campaigns and presenting solutions, students will ignite their Critical and Creative Thinking and develop practical life skills through interactive, real-world experiences.
• Natural Skill Development: This isn't just an environmental science unit. Embedded activities organically foster data literacy and interpretation (Numeracy), communicating findings (Literacy), working collaboratively (Personal and Social Capability), and understanding environmental responsibility (Ethical Understanding), aligning seamlessly with key General Capabilities.
• Extension Included: Thoughtfully designed extension prompts are included in every lesson, encouraging deeper research and practical application for advanced or curious learners.
• Real-Life Connections: Connect learning to relevant challenges like reducing school waste, improving recycling rates, and building a more sustainable community. Empower students to innovate and serve by turning data insights into actionable plans for positive change.

BONUS! FREE Student Workbook: This unit includes a ready-to-print student workbook, directly aligned with each lesson, saving you even more preparation time and providing valuable documentation and reflective activities for your students.

Invest in impactful, hands-on environmental education without the extra hours AND get a FREE student workbook to match! Get your Year 7-8 "School Recycling Project: Investigating Waste & Driving Change" unit today!

(2 Downloads: Lesson Plans (63 pages) and Student Workbook (42 pages))