Webquest

1. Recycling Ages: 7-8 Introduction Hi kids and welcome this recycling web quest we hope you enjoy it. Once you start you will meet our special friend who has came along to help you out! Teacher’s Page

2. Teacher’s Page Back

5. If you need help just find me on the page and read my handy hint! Most of all make sure you have lots of fun! I have a question to ask you. What can you do to help reduce waste in your town?

7. Plastic Bags, Bottles and Containers Things made of plastic which are thrown into the ocean, can kill up to 1 million sea creatures every year. We throw away 25 million plastic bottles every hour. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it Recycled plastic is used to make toys and stuffing for ski jackets. Back

8. Glass Bottles and Jars Each month enough glass bottles and jars are thrown out to be able to fill a sky scraper. The energy that is saved from recycling a glass bottle can power a light bulb for up to 4 hours. A glass bottle would take 4 thousand years to break down (decompose). Back

9. Aluminium and Steel Cans There is no limit to the amount of times that soft drink cans can be recycled and reused. 5 billion aluminium cans are used each year in Australia. Recycling 1 aluminium can provides enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours. After a can has been recycled it is possible for it to become part of a new car within 6 weeks. Back

10. Paper and Cardboard To make the Sunday newspaper each week 500 thousand trees must be cut down. If we recycled all newspapers we would save around 250 million trees each year. The average home can throw out 13 thousand pieces of paper each year, most of this is junk mail (catalogues). The paper and wood which we throw out each year could heat 50 million homes for 20 years. Back

14. Quiz Time! It’s now time for the quiz, think back hard at what we’ve learnt to help you answer the questions. Click the START button to begin! GOOD LUCK!

15. Fun Actviities Snow Globes Compost Bin Bottle-cap Tambourines Make something new out of Recycled things Make a new T-shirt