OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

Plastics are part of our daily consumption habits. We are completely surrounded by plastics. Have a look at your fridge, the objects in your bathroom, in the school.... Plastics are every where.

Plastic is a non-biodegradable material made from petrochemicals and not found in nature. As it is known, the pollution due to this material is growing and growing.

By this scenario, students will be aware of the amount of plastics they used, where they come from, the characteristics. Furthermore, keeping in mind the consequences that plastics have in our future life, they will raise their responsability to the enviroment, not only by recycling plastics but also reducing them (the 3R' s rule).

Finally, they will reseach on bioplastics and they will make bioplastic in lab from milk!

AUDIENCE TARGET and AREAS involved:

Grade: 3º ESO students (15 years old).
Number of students involved: 91

Areas: Technology and general sciences


LEARNING OBJECTIVES


By developing this scenario students will:

Be aware of the real situation about plastic pollution
Identify plastics in daily life
Understand the differneces between the types of plastics and their main characteristics.
Familiarize students with bioplastic
Work in the lab to make bioplastic
Understand what a bioplastic is and the future of that kind of material.
Have to collaborate in group
Share ideas and discuss about the topics

BLOOM SCHOOL BOX RESOURCES

Growing plastic and new life for plastic