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Living Geography - Rotherham: My Waste Story

During this unit of work students will:

  • Look at their own waste habits and those of the Rotherham borough and the UK
  • Discover where the borough's waste goes and consider what the implications of this are
  • Look into the disposal of waste in the UK as a whole and the impacts of this (making links to the export of the UK's waste to China)
  • Consider Orgreave mine as a potential landfill site and the implications that are connected to this
  • Complete a decision making activity
  • Consider how the problems caused by waste can be reduced

Waste packaging
Waste packaging

RESOURCES

The resource downloads for this Unit have been organised into generic information plus four lessons. A Zip file containing the full set of resources is also provided at the foot of the page.


Unit of Work - Detailed Information (45k)
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Background Information on Rotherham's Waste (26k)
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Lesson 1: Our Enquiry (723k)
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Lesson 1: Rotherham Waste Information (74k)
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Lesson 1: Question and Recording Sheet (53k)
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Lesson 2: Where Does Our Waste Go? (384k)
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Lesson 2: The Independent Cover 26 January 2007 (3.4M)
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Lesson 2: Card Sort Statements (23k)
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Lesson 3: Public Enquiry Meeting (129k)
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Lesson 3: Speech Writing Frame (22k)
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Lesson 3: Thinking Hats (32k)
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Lesson 3: Role Cards (83k)
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Lesson 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of a Landfill (200k)
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Lesson 4: How Do We Solve The Waste Problem? (237k)
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Lesson 4: Opinion Poll Worksheet (52k)
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Lesson 4: Think Tank Worksheet (79k)
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My Waste Story Resource Pack (5.1M)
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