Where To Next

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today 
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment 
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try and 
• help look after our environment. 
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our environment. 
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas. 

Reading Learning Goals

• I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.
• I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences so I get more information from the text.
• I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the accuracy of information.
• I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers) to gather and check information on a topic.
• I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.
• I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

• Why is recycling a good idea? Recycling is a good idea because it gets reused and we don't have to throw it out . 
• How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? 2.5 million tonnes of rubbish go to dumps. 
• When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce? What environmental problem does this contribute to? It makes Co2 and methane it contributes to global warming.
• Complete this sentence: Everything we use is made from Earths__________ Natuarl 

____________ Resources # _____________


Explain where these resources come from;

• Wood: trees or plants 
• Metal: rocks 
• Plastic: oil 

6) How does oil form? 

From the remains of plants or animals that lived millions years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? 

My mums car windows. Beer bottles wine bottles my glasses.

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? 

Books and more cardboard.

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?

carpet c.ds and more plastic.

10) Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into clothing. 

By being burnt down and remade.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?
They are poisoning our sea life and wrecking the food chain# Can you explain what they are?

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? 

The day we reach limit of resources that the Earth can remake

Glossary - Write what these words mean

• Atoms: the tiny particle of a substance 
• Carded: fibres 
• Global Warming: Too much gas going into the atmosphere such as greenhouse gasses. 
• Malt: barley or other grain that has been used for brewing beer. 
• Natural resources: things made natrualy from our earth. 
• Synthetic: made by humans that is the result of combining different chemicals 

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can do to help reduce this problem.

Video Links
NZ Recycling Crises
Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic
The Pacific Garbage Patch