Plastic Pollution Teaching Resources
A set of 4 lessons produced by the Environment Agency to help teach about plastic pollution.
The Plastics team of the Environment Agency have produced a set of resources for teachers and other professionals to teach primary school children about the plastic pollution problem and to help children realise that we all have a part to play in making plastic pollution a thing of the past.
The resources can be downloaded below and are divided into different Key stages: Key Stage 1 Lower (Year 1, children aged 5-6), Key Stage 1 Upper (Year 2, children aged 6-7), Key Stage 2 Lower (Year 3/4, children aged 7-9), Key Stage 2 Upper (Year 5/6, children aged 9-11).
EA Teaching Resources: KS1 Lower
School resources pack for teaching Lower KS1 children (Year 1) about plastic pollution through an interactive workshop that should take 1-1.5 hours.
Learning objectives:
- To be able to describe some of the effects of plastic on animals and the environment.
- To give an example of how everyone can help to make plastic pollution a thing of the past.
EA Teaching Resources: KS1 Upper
School resources pack for teaching Upper KS1 children (Year 2) about plastic pollution through an interactive workshop that should take 1-1.5 hours.
Learning objectives:
- Describe what a habitat is;
- Explain some of the problems that plastic can cause in the environment.
EA Teaching Resources: KS2 Lower
School resources pack for teaching Lower KS2 children (Year 3/4) about plastic pollution through an interactive workshop that should take 1-1.5 hours.
Learning objectives:
- To understand that plastic can enter the environment in a number of ways which can cause harm to a number of organisms.
- Be able to understand how their choices can reduce the amount of plastic entering environment.
EA Teaching Resources: KS2 Upper
School resources pack for teaching Upper KS2 children (Year 5/6) about plastic pollution through an interactive workshop that should take 1-1.5 hours.
Learning objectives:
- To understand how to conduct a scientific survey in the field
- To apply previous knowledge to solve a new problem
