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Bottle Stoppers lesson plan 11-14s

Explore the impact of the production, use and disposal of plastic on the environment with this activity. It encourages students, through a class campaign, to reduce the amount of plastic bottles sent to landfill in their household, and demonstrates the cumulative effect that can be produced on a large scale by small individual action.

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  • Age groups: 11-14s
  • Subjects: Science
  • Topics: Waste

Curriculum links

England

Science

Working scientifically

Experimental skills and investigations

Measurements

Analysis and evaluation

Biology: Relationships in an Ecosystem

  • the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops
  • how organisms affect, and are affected by, their environment, including the accumulation of toxic materials
  • material cycles and energy

Mathematics

Number

Statistics

Geography

Human and physical geography

Scotland

Mathematics

Number MNU 3-03a

Data and analysis MNU 3-20a; MNU 3-20b; MTH 3-21a

Science

Biodiversity and interdependence SCN 3-03a

Social Studies

People, place and environment SOC 3-08a

Technologies

Technological developments TCH 3-02a

Wales

Mathematics

Communicate mathematically

Collect, represent and interpret data

Science

How humans affect the environment

Sustainable Earth Food webs

Geography

Threatened environments

Northern Ireland

Mathematics

Number

Handling data

Science

Obtaining evidence

Presenting and interpreting results

Interdependence

Uses of materials

The environment and human influences

Geography

Interrelationships between physical and human environments

Environmental sustainability