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

Resource Downloads

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

Background Information on Rotherham’s Waste

Lesson 1

• Lesson 1: Our Enquiry
• Lesson 1: Rotherham Waste Information
• Lesson 1: Question and Recording Sheet

Lesson 2

• Lesson 2: Where Does Our Waste Go?
• Lesson 2: The Independent Cover 26 January 2007
• Lesson 2: Card Sort Statements

Lesson 3

• Lesson 3: Public Enquiry Meeting
• Lesson 3: Speech Writing Frame
• Lesson 3: Thinking Hats
• Lesson 3: Role Cards
• Lesson 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of a Landfill

Lesson 4

• Lesson 4: How Do We Solve The Waste Problem?
• Lesson 4: Opinion Poll Worksheet
• Lesson 4: Think Tank Worksheet

My Waste Story Resource Pack