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=** Lesson 4 - Finding Out    Our Role in Preserving the Environment**=


 * Finding out -**This lesson will focus on the students attempting to find out information on the topic of our environment and learning about their own responsibilities for these issues. 


 * Learning focus -I**n this lesson the students will develop an understanding that we, as humans are responsible for our own rubbish and need to take more care in it’s handling, and will also have access to an expert opinion through the use of a guest speaker from the Eaglehawk land fill.


 * Contributing focus question -**Who is responsible for these issues?


 * Lesson objective(s) -**In this lesson students will have a guest speaker from the Eaglehawk land fill to speak to the students about the importance of recycling and correctly disposing of rubbish and waste to help preserve the environment. The students will develop an understanding that it is humans who are responsible for their own rubbish and recycling and will generate an awareness that rubbish does not just go in the bin, it is sorted, broken down and reused if we dispose of it correctly. the students will also develop a recount of what they have learnt to demonstrate their comprehension of this issue man made issue that is pollution.


 * Materials**
 * Lined paper
 * Pencils
 * Guest speaker


 * Duration** - 60 minutes

T **he teacher will recap about the recycling posters the students had made in a previous lesson and ask what can we recycle? Is it important for us to recycle? How does it help the environment? Who is responsible for our rubbish? The teacher will then introduce the guest speaker, explain that there is a rubbish sorting and recycle plant in bendigo and that they will be having a special guest speaker to talk to them about rubbish and how important it is for THEM them to look after THEIR rubbish and always make sure they don't leave rubbish behind because it can be bad for the environment and cauase pollution.
 * __Introduction__

The guest speaker will give a run down of the process of rubbish collection and sorting from when you buy the packaging to the point where it goes to land fill or is reused and made into something else, making sure that they emphasisie that it is us (humans) that are responsible for our waste ad rubbish. The guest speaker will be able to go through this process in detail with questions being asked throughout and at the end of the guest speaker’s presentation. The guest speaker will also discuss with the students the importance of disposing of rubbish and its effect on the environment including a couple of examples of how long it takes for certain things such as plastic and glass to breakdown.  After the guest speaker the student are required to write a short recount of what they learnt form the talk, the process the rubbish takes from when you buy it to when it is reused and how the rubbish is sorted at the plant. Each studetnt will be required to complete their own recount which will allow the students to think about the informationthey have just heard and write it in their own vocabulary to show their comprehension of the information. The teacher will be looking for students writing that recognises humans as being responsible for their own rubbish.
 * __Body__**

Have a group discussion about what the students learnt from the guest speaker, to show their understanding of the topic, the students must also say how recycling and putting the rubbish in bins helps the environment and most important of all the students should show that they are aware that it is us, as humans that are responsible for the environmental issues of pollution. key questions: Who is responsible for the rubbish that we create? Why do we need to sort out recyclables from waste? Does all the rubbish get dumped inthe same place? Is the rubbish good for the environment? Why?
 * __Conclusion__**


 * If a guest speaker is unavailable their are many resource video's on youtube which run through the process of rubbish in recycling plants. You could also try to get the local shire to send ove rsomeone who knows about the rubbish and recycling in the area who would also know about the effects of rubbish on the environment.