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[Year 4] Unit 3 - What a Waste! : Sustainability

What is Sustainability?

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Sustainability for Kids (whiteboard animation)

Recycling for Kids | Kids Academy

Circular Economy | Explained in 3 Minutes

Have Australian scientists discovered a recycling solution to our plastic problem? | 7.30

What is Sustainability?

Children's Corner: Looking After God's World - Karen Holford

How Recycling Works! | How to Help Our Earth | SciShow Kids

How Furniture is Made from Recycled Plastic | Made Here | Popular Mechanics

Sustainability: What Does it Mean to be Green?

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE - Waste Reduction - Steve Trash Science

How Plastic Hurts the World | SciShow Kids

How Australia is sorting its giant waste and recycling problem | ABC News

More Resources

Sustainability

Conserving Earth (Boudreau, et. al., 2022).

Conservation in Australia (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Primary).

Sustainability (National Geographic Society, 2022).

Sustainability (Encyclopedia Britannica School - Primary).

Recycling

Kids Super Guide to Recycling (Lober, 2021).

Recycling (Britannica Kids).

Recycling Facts for Kids (Brisbane Kids).

The Environment: Recycling (Ducksters, 2022).

War on Waste From Waste to Resource (ABC Education, 2022).

Taking Care of God's Creation

A Deeper Shade of Green (Wilson, 2020).

Christians and the Environment (Geneva College, n.d.).

Creation and conservation (Ham, 1995).

How and Why Should Christians Care for the Environment? (Ham, 2020).

Why Should Christians Care for Creation? (BioLogos, 2022).

World Environment Day: A Reminder We're Stewards of God's Creation (Ham, 2018).

The ABC Kids guide to loving the planet by Orsini, Cheryl; Crupi, Jaclyn
Call Number: P 363.7 CRU
ISBN: 9780733341045
Publication Date: 2022
Clean Up Australia Day by Pfeiffer, Jane
Call Number: P 394.2 PFE
ISBN: 9781761400063
Publication Date: 2023
Eco-Crafts: 40 Fun Earth-Friendly Projects by Marcy Morin; Heidi E. Thompson
Call Number: P 745.5 MOR
ISBN: 9781666348026
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
A planet full of plastic by Layton, Neal
Call Number: P 363.738 LAY
ISBN: 9781526361769
Publication Date: 2019
Plastic : how people are poisoning themselves - and what to do about it by Wood, John
Call Number: P 363.738 WOO
ISBN: 9781839274565
Publication Date: 2021
Plastic : past, present and future by Kim, Eun Ju; Lee, Jiwon
Call Number: P 620.1 KIM
ISBN: 9781925849196
Publication Date: 2019
Rubbish and recycling : step-by-step by Bertolini, Gerard; Hubesch, Nicholas; Delalande, Claire
Call Number: P 363.728 BER
ISBN: 9781877467301
Publication Date: 2009
Sustainable living by Alexander, James
Call Number: P 640 ALE
ISBN: 9781914087912
Publication Date: 2022
This book is not rubbish by Peterson, Alex; Thomas, Isabel
Call Number: P 363.72 THO
ISBN: 9781526361530
Publication Date: 2018
Waste Not Everyday by Erin Rhoads
Call Number: P 640.28 RHO
ISBN: 9781743795552
Publication Date: 2019-12-03
What a waste by French, Jess
Call Number: P 363.72 FRE
ISBN: 9780241366912
Publication Date: 2019
Deep Roots by Nikki Tate
Call Number: P 582.16 TAT
ISBN: 9781459805828
Publication Date: 2016-02-09

The crown by Kapff, Emily
Call Number: PB F KAP
ISBN: 9781406397130
Publication Date: 2023
Ella and the useless day by McKinlay, Meg; Blair, Karen
Call Number: PB F MCK
ISBN: 9781760653095
Publication Date: 2022
Into the bin (and out again) by Fine, Anne
Call Number: P F FIN
ISBN: 9781781128589
Publication Date: 2019
Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel; Alexandra Colombo (Illustrator)
Call Number: PB F BET
ISBN: 9781600102240
Publication Date: 2008-03-25
Rat by Donna Rowe; Rosie Marshall (Illustrator)
Call Number: PB F ROW
ISBN: 9781761400445
Publication Date: 2024-11-19
Say no to plastic! by Heaton, Ned; Barber, Tamzin; Heaton, Shane
Call Number: PB F HEA
ISBN: 9781922678973
Publication Date: 2021
The tale of the toothbrush by Rieley, Daniel; Leonard, M.G
Call Number: PB F LEO
ISBN: 9781406391817
Publication Date: 2020
What Matters by Alison Hughes; Holly Hatam (Illustrator)
Call Number: PB F HUG
ISBN: 9781459826410
Publication Date: 2020-05-12

The following Articles and weblinks provide more advanced interesting reading and resources for Parents & Teachers.

Climate Change and the Bible (Foley, 2020).

Environmentalism: A Biblical Perspective (Beisner, 2020) - This is chapter 20 in The New Answers Book 4 available in the Library.

New Answers Book 4 by Ken Ham (General Editor, Editor); Bodie Hodge (Editor)
Call Number: S 231.7 NEW
ISBN: 9780890517888
Publication Date: 2013-09-01

30-Minute Sustainable Science Projects by Loren Bailey
Call Number: P 507.8 BAI
ISBN: 9781541538900
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Eco-Crafts: 40 Fun Earth-Friendly Projects by Marcy Morin; Heidi E. Thompson
Call Number: P 745.5 MOR
ISBN: 9781666348026
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Recycled Science by Tammy Enz; Jodi Wheeler-Toppen
Call Number: P 363.7 ENZ
ISBN: 9781623706975
Publication Date: 2016-08-01
The Upcycled T-Shirt by Jenelle Montilone
Call Number: S 687 MON
ISBN: 9781607059714
Publication Date: 2015-06-07
28 low-cost, easy craft projects to make from tees you already have.