Where To Next? Connected, Level 4
Turning Old into New
Literacy
Science/Social Science learning goals 
We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive
impact our actions can have on these environments.
Success criteria;
identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try
- and help look after our environment.
identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
- environment.
learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can
- help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.
Reading Learning Goals
-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.
-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences
so I get more information from the text.
-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check
the accuracy of information.
-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)
to gather and check information on a topic.
-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.
-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.
Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.
Why is recycling a good idea? So you can’t kill animals when it goes in the sea.
How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? About 352
- thousand tons
When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce? What environmental problem
- does this contribute to? When rubbish breaks down it forms into oil. Killing animals and
- releasing chemical
Complete this sentence: Everything we use is made from Earth’s Natural Resources
Explain where these resources come from;
Wood: trees
Metal: stones and ore
Plastic: It is made from oil
6) How does oil form? From dead bodies of dinosaurs
7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into? Glass can be made in to jars and
bottles.
8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Egg cartons, boxes,
news paper and paper.
9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into? Soft drink bottles, pillows and
sleeping bag fillings, carpet and clothing.
10) Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into
clothing.
11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them? Microfibres are really synthetic
yarn. The problem with microfibres is that they can be poisoning our underwater wildlife.
12) What is Earth Overshoot day? Earth Overshoot is a is a network which marks a date each
year when people have used all the resources the planet can generate.
Glossary - Write what these words mean
Atoms:The smallest particles of a substance that can exist by itself or be combined with other
atoms to form a molecule
Carded: aligned in the same direction
Global Warming: a gradual increase of the earth's temperature
Malt: barley or other grain that has been used for brewing beer
Natural resources: Materials found in nature such as air, water, plants animals and rocks
Synthetic: something that is made by people that is the result.
In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can do
to help reduce this problem.
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