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How do animals, plants and people adapt to water availability? How does water affect where we live? Is everyone’s right to water being met? Explore this and other questions using this topic planner.
Use a timeline to explore the amount of time it takes for a variety of materials to decompose and therefore have varying impacts on the environment.
Aims
- To gain an awareness that different materials take different times to decompose.
- Reflect on the varying impacts different materials have on the environment over time.
Science and STEM subjects provide a useful context for learning about both the science of plastic and the ways we can make a difference. Julie Brown from Practical Action shares their Plastics Challenge resources.
As we are finally waking up to the realisation that our plastic habit is destroying the planet, it is imperative that we educate our young people about responsible consumption. Diana Ellis, from Wosdec, reports.
