The Ins and Outs of Waste - Level 6 Sample Unit
Resources
Websites
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s Assessment Advice (http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/assessment/default.htm).
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s Principles of Learning and Teaching (PoLT) (http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingprinciples/default.htm).
Examples of life cycle analysis diagrams can be found at the following links:
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Possible solutions: Life cycle analysis
www.agrifood-forum.net/practices/lca.asp
www.agrifood-forum.net/db/agrifood/cases/lca_peas_unilever.htm
http://buildlca.rmit.edu.au/CaseStud/Stadium/Stadium.html
www.uneptie.org/pc/pc/tools/lca.htm
www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/sus_buildings/LCA1.gif
www.dantes.info/Images/LCA-web.gif
http://i.treehugger.com/epa-lca-cd.jpg
www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/images/lca_tcm115-40224.jpg
www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/enviro.gif
http://webpub.allegheny.edu/dept/envisci/ESInfo/ES110sp2007/readings/LifeCycleAnalysis001.jpg
www.global-hydrogen-bus-platform.com/images/LIfeCycleGraphic.gif
www.lcafood.dk/LCA/LCA-milk2209.png
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Data on Residential waste management in Australia (1301.0 Year Book Australia 2006) (www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/
D00EAD1420DDD1A7CA2570DE001AAF97?opendocument)
Pollution and waste management (www.australia.gov.au/Pollution_&_Waste_Management)
Environment Australia online (www.environment.gov.au)
The website of the Federal Government's Department of Environment and Heritage. It covers a range of environmental topics and has an education section and an internal search function.
Australian Conservation Foundation
Reduce waste (www.acfonline.org.au/default.asp?section_id=91)
Department of Sustainability and the Environment (DSE), Victoria (www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/index.htm)
Conducting a waste audit (www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrence.nsf/LinkView/
2ABD4B8AF937571CCA25707B0021016A1DCCD95AC0A4E586CA25708900041AAE)
Reducing waste (www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrence.nsf/
LinkView/0EBF468D1DC47023CA25706700246E0E490478C443632491CA25703C000A857A)
Environment Victoria (www.envict.org.au)
Follow the link to Zero Waste campaign.
Environment Protection Authority, Victoria (www.epa.vic.gov.au)
Information on local issues, particularly air and water quality and waste management.
CSIRO: Minimising waste - overview (www.csiro.au/org/ps16t.html)
Ecohouse: Waste Management Australia (www.eco-house.com.au/waste-management-australia.htm)
Teacher materials
Teaching, learning and assessment advice
This resource provides information about teaching, learning and assessment strategies referred to in this unit.
Project planning sheet (DOC - 115KB)
Student materials
Project planning sheet (DOC - 115KB)
