Plastic Not So Fantastic

Plastic and packaging: what does it mean for our environment?

	Stage/s	S1, S2, S3
	Subject	Science and Technology
	Location	Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Garden
	Cost	$14.50 per student
	Duration	2.5 hours

Investigations into the world of packaging and plastic and how it comes into play in the garden’s ecosystems from birds’ nests to our worm farms.

Students will:

Participate in a waste audit of their own lunch boxes
Undertake a scavenger hunt looking plastic in real birds’ nests and hypothesize how it got there
Investigate using scientific approaches static electricity and UV blue light in some plastics and compare and pose questions about the effect on the environment
Complete a worksheet to support explanations and arguments
Discuss alternatives to plastic

Curriculum links

Stage 1 Curriculum

HS1-GEO-01describes ways people connect to and care for places, water environments and each other, using geographical information ST1-SCI-01

ST1-SCI-01 measures and describes changes in living things, materials, movement, Earth and the sky

ST1-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations and information to investigate cause and effect

Stage 2 Curriculum

HS2-GEO-01 explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society

Stage 3 Curriculum

ST3-SCI-01 uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices

ST3-PQU-01 poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data

ST3-DAT-01 interprets data to support explanations and arguments

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