The Reverse Listing Key
List things:
 you would NEVER discard
or throw away.
 you would can not compost.
 you can not use.
The Disadvantages Key
List the disadvantages and elimination of:
 Polystrene
 Plastics
 Plastic supermarket bags
 wheelie bins
 the size of the wheelie bins
The Alphabet Key
List words from A-Z for the topic Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and expand on these.
List things that can be reused.
How many ways can you:
 love your rubbish.
 reduce your rubbish.
 reuse a jar.
 reuse a plastic bag.
 reuse a toothbrush
 collect wheelie bins
The Variations Key
The B.A.R Key
Use the B.A.R key to make bigger, add and replace:
 the recycling logo.
 a wheelie bin
 plastic bags
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The Construction Key
Construct a:
 Musical instrument using an old bike tube, can, box and a can
 wrap to decorate a wheelie bin
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List some different uses for:
 a jar
 a can
 an icecream container
 the old green recycling bins
 an old radio
 compost/garden waste
The Different Uses Key
The Inventions Key
Invent a/an:
 something to sort our waste
 machine for cleaning wheelie bins
 detector for waste in the wrong wheelie bin
 enviro truck for picking up the rubbish
 a rubbish picker upper.
Give 5 questions with the answer:
 recycle
 reuse
 reduce
 compost
The Question Key
The What If Key
What if:
 everyone had to keep all their waste?
 there was nowhere to put the rubbish?
 there was no system for collecting rubbish?
 no one wanted the job to collect the waste?
 the waste was all collected at the same time?
The Prediction Key
Predict what:
 the landfill will be like in 100 years.
 recycling will be like in 100 years.
 problems there could be with the materials put out for recycling?
 will happen when the Kate Valley landfill is full.
 how waste will be collected in 100 years
 what will happen if people do not reduce, reuse and recycle.
The Brick Wall Key
Try to break down the wall by outlining other ways of dealing with the situation.
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 There will always be a need for using wheelie bins.
 We recycle for the future of the earth.
The Ridiculous Key
Give reasons why this ridiculous statement might work.
 The council should replace the wheelie bins each year.
 The council will only collect household rubbish four times a year.
The Commonality Key
Find the common points between the objects
 recycling bin and a plastic bag
 potato and a tree
 flies and rubbish
.
The Combination Key
List the attributes of the two objects, then combine them into a single object.
 plastic bag and a banana
 bin and a chair
 waste truck and a paper clip
The Picture Key
Draw a simple diagram and work out ways to link it to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
The Brainstorm Key
Brainstorm:
 why the sizes of the bins are the way they are.
 why the lids have the colours they have.
 why there is an excess of plastic bags.
 the effects the landfill has on the environment.
Middle School 4/09