Chapter Graphic : Vege Peelings
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  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Approach: One to one
Focus: Evaluate and justify different approaches to organic waste disposal.
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Resources: Video showing four ways to dispose of vegetable peelings, 4 photos.
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Questions / instructions:
In this activity I want you to think about different ways of getting rid of vegetable waste. We'll start by watching a video.
Show video.
The video showed four different ways of getting rid of some vegetable peelings — put them in a rubbish bag, throw them on a compost heap, put them in a waste disposal unit or feeding them to the animals.
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% responses
y4
y8
a
a
1. Which of these ways do you think is a very good way to get rid of the vegetable peelings?
Record number of picture chosen.
rubbish bag
14
5
compost heap
28
43
waste disposal
9
9
feeding to animals
49
43
2. What happens to the vegetable peelings when you get rid of them in that way?
a
a
3. Why is that a very good way to get rid of the peelings?
a
a
 
good understanding of process
12
31
some useful idea/s
47
42
4. Which of these ways do you think is not a very good way for getting rid of vegetable peelings?
a
a
Record number of picture chosen.
rubbish bag
25
47
compost heap
19
19
waste disposal unit
44
28
feeding to animals
12
6
5. Why is that not a very good way for getting rid of vegetable peelings?
a
a
6. What happens to the vegetable peelings when you get rid of them in that way?
a
a
 
Considerations of immediate and long-term consequences, hygiene, pollution, conservation, convenience, cost.
a
a
 
good awareness of waste issues
4
13
some awareness
41
52
Commentary:
About 20 percent more year 8 than year 4 students were able to justify their choices to some useful extent, but few were able to give good clear justifications
 
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