reSolve: What a load of rubbish

In this series of three lessons, students conduct an audit of the rubbish they find in their playground. They use a range of categories to sort, display and interpret the data and make simple inferences. They then reclassify the rubbish collected based on whether it can be recycled, composted or if it needs to go into the bin. Finally, students audit the bins in different areas of the playground, compare the number of bins to the amount of rubbish and recyclable rubbish, and consider if the school rubbish bins are in the right place. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Resource details

Year level

Year 2

Purpose

Teaching resource

Strand

Statistics

Topic

Data representation and interpretation

Audience

Teachers

Format

Downloadable resource

Australian Curriculum code

AC9M2ST01 AC9M2ST02

Numeracy progression

Interpreting and representing data (P3)

Publisher

reSolve Maths by Inquiry

Copyright

© Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Keywords

classification data survey picture graph (pictographs)