Module 4: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (SDG12)

Objectives

With this tool, students are expected to:

- Learn how to use and produce in sustainable ways

- Explore global problems (using deep understanding and different values and worldviews)

- Learn creative ways to use materials more than once in their original form instead of throwing them away after each use

- Work goal-directed

- Learn which materials can be recycled

- Learn about the “three R’s”

- Improve cooperation and presentation skills

- Be able to make smart and informed decisions

- Respond positively towards achieving SDG12

- Get inspired by different examples of good practices regarding SDG12

- Share openly their opinions and beliefs in class

Activity details

Material - see annex

Duration – 2 hours

Group number – 3-4 groups, 5 students each (5TH grade, age 10-11)

Lesson 1

(1 hour)

What can we do to solve the problem/situation?

Students in groups create a mind map with the products they use on a daily basis and their packaging.
Students develop a chart: Things that are recyclable and things that are non-recyclable
Students study the “The three R's” (reduce, reuse, recycle)
Students discuss ways to reduce waste and ways to reuse old packaging and brainstorm ideas how these materials can be used in the classroom.

Lesson 2

(1 hour)

Students create a text composition with the ideas to reuse products and materials needed for the project
Students carry out the project

Collect recyclable materials
Recreate things that can be used in the class room
Make a presentation with the facts and how the final product was made.

Tips for the teacher

What do we know about the problem/situation? What do we need to know? How can we know it? How can we organize our study?

The teacher divides students into small groups and gets students involved in discussion of the products that are mostly used on daily basis.
The teacher encourages students to think of:

- What products they use mostly?
- Which of those things are recyclable and which are non- recyclable?
- What is the meaning of “The three R's”?
-What is the impact of recycling on the environment?

The teacher explains the meaning of “The three R's” and talks about rethinking which products to buy.
Students come to conclusion:

-what products are mostly used and which of them can be reused more than once
-how recycling is good on the environment
-how people can reuse old materials in the classroom.

Teacher invites students to share their ideas of the products they want to create and the materials they will use
Teacher encourages students to explain the process of creating their projects.

Debriefing

The annex includes mind map, a worksheet and example of a presentation tutorial on how the product was made. Students can also make a video with an instruction tutorial. Students can create a questioner about safe waste reuse and conduct a survey outside of school.