3.+Explain

=**Activity 1**=

This video can be shown to students to help explain the topic. The video explains to students the steps of reducing, reusing and recycling and what different things they can do in each stage. This video will help make students more clear on the topic. media type="custom" key="20067946"

=**Activity 2**=

Students can be taken on an excursion to the local recycling depot where they will have an expert in the field explain to them all the processes that take place once they have placed their recycling in the bin and its been taken away by the truck. This will help to explain the process of recycling to students as they will be able to visually see how everything works which will help in their future learning of the topic. Students should come up with a number of questions they would like to ask before going on the trip. Students also will need to take note on everything they have learnt while they were on the trip so that they can have a group discussion on what they learnt that day. To organize an excursion the teacher will need to firstly contact the depot asking if they class would be able to visit and what day they would be able to visit. Once the visit is confirmed from the recycling depot the teacher will have to organize permission slips for the students to take home, a bus to take the students to the depot, teacher or parent help to take on the trip etc. For details on how to contact the depot this website provides the information they will need- [].

=Activity 3=

Have students find the recyclable item like a scavenger hunt. Create a list of recyclable items and have students go through a pile of stuff including recyclable items and non recyclable items, getting them to collect one of each item on the list. This is a good activity to do with students as it explains to students what can be recycled and gets students to see what each item looks like and how to tell it can be recycled. This also educates students about items like magazines etc that they might not of known are recyclable. Once students have collected their items they are to work out how they could reduce and reuse the items on the list. This helps to explain to students that before they recycling the items they first need to come up with ways that the items can be either reduced or reused.