Planet Ark: Schools Recycle Right Challenge and lesson plans
60+ Australian lesson plans on recycling, including ‘Enzymes and Plastic Recycling’ (Stage 3, school Years 5 and 6) and ‘Recycle Reuse’ (Stage 4, Years…
Ages 5–7
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Poster: The five Rs, in the right order
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot on one A3 poster, with the one number that explains why recycling comes fourth. Scalable vector graphics (SVG) editable.
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School pledge: Starter, three-item and Plastic Clever tiers
Ready-to-sign pledge text for a class or school in three tiers, mapped to the Plastic Free Schools and Plastic Clever Schools targets.
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Where does my plastic go? A read-aloud story for ages 5–7
Bob the Bottle’s four journeys (bin, ground, recycling, refill) in a reading-age-7 story with four checked facts.
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30-day Swap Challenge: day-by-day tracker
One swap a week for four weeks plus a wild-card, with daily ticks, weekly ‘did it stick?’ checks and grams avoided at the end.
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Classroom plastic audit (ages 8–18, with a picture tally for 5–7)
A one-week, 12-category count of a class’s single-use plastic with a published weights table, the sums, and a three-swap action plan.
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Lesson plan: What is plastic, and where does it belong? (ages 5–7)
A 45-minute everyday-materials lesson: sort, test and decide what we use once and what we use again and again.
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SubjectToClimate: plastic pollution lesson plans guide (K–12, grade-tagged)
A curated index of plastic lessons by grade, from Recycling (K–2) to Garbage Patches (3–5) and School Hydration Stations (3–12).
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Zero Waste Scotland: Plastic not included — small steps for going single-use free with kids
A family guide to cutting single-use plastic with children, published under the Open Government Licence so it can be reused.
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Clean Up Australia: Education Hub and Schools Clean Up Day
Educator’s guide, Australian Curriculum lessons, a school planning toolkit and the annual Schools Clean Up Day for F–Year 10.