KWHL Chart

KWHL Chart  
We used a KWHL chart to organise our thinking.  See our WALTs below.

WALT… use a graphic organiser (KWHL chart) to find out what we know, what we want to find out, how we can find out and what we learned about ‘The 4 Rs & waste  as  part of the ‘Find It’ stage of our inquiry

… plan and gather information so we can organise our thinking

K      What we know about waste and the 4 Rs

W  What do we want to find out about waste and the 4 Rs?

H  How can we learn more about waste and the 4 Rs?

L     What we learned about waste and the 4 Rs?

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Today the Tipuranga Pod had a guest speaker; Simon from Wastebusters.  We learnt a lot and were shocked to see the damage that waste is doing to our environment!

Here are some questions (wonderings) that Room 16 thought of after Simon's visit.  See if you find any information or answers to these!

 

• If we continue to create this amount of waste, what will New Zealand look like in one hundred years?
• What will New Zealand do once there is no more space left at the landfills? 
• What do other countries do with their waste?
• Can we make paper out of other resources? (so that we don’t have to harm our trees!)
• How much oil does New Zealand use in a day/year?
• Is there rubbish in space and what problems does it cause?
• How does waste harm animals?
• How does waste harm us?
• How does silica sand turn into glass?
• Where is silica sand found?