Today 1V had the opportunity to go on an excursion to Reverse Garbage at Marrickville. It is an environmental co-operative that is committed to promoting sustainability through the reuse of resources. We discovered a wonderful treasure trove of goodies that would have otherwise ended up in landfill. In fact- they throw NOTHING away! Everything there gets reused.
It was an action packed day. The students enjoyed taking a tour of the factory where they spent time uncovering a vast array of products that had been saved from landfill. What a collection there was! Plastic lids, mannequins, table legs, fabric, furniture, sewing machines, coat hangers, even a HUGE red heart and dinosaur were just a few of the products to be seen. Students were kept busy with a challenge that required them to work in pairs to locate as many different products as they could within the factory and record them on their worksheets.
Students were also involved in a whole class design challenge which required them to work collaboratively to design a bridge from a given set of products. The whole class worked together to design and construct the 1V Swans Bridge. What fun we had and our bridge was pretty amazing too!
The last challenge was to work in teams to build a 3D Big Box City. Each group of students was given a particular building in the urban community that they had to design and recreate out of recyclable materials. The tricky part was that there was no sticky tape or glue! So they had to become quite creative in how they designed and constructed their building. The buildings were all then placed together to become the BIG BOX CITY.
It sure was a very productive day and students now have a greater awareness and understanding of how important it is to reuse products and the benefits it has for our community and the environment.
So before you throw something away think about whether you might be able to REUSE it!
A huge thanks to Max’s mum and Jack’s mum for their assistance today on the excursion.
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