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E-waste

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This interactive workshop engages students with the local and global challenges of managing electronic waste. Students explore how social enterprises use technology and innovation to divert waste from landfill by extracting, recycling, and repurposing valuable components from electronic devices. Students will safely use basic tools to 'urban mine' including dismantling, sorting and retrieving useful electrical, metal and plastic parts from laptop computers, which will then be sent to an e-waste innovation hub to be upcycled and/or repurposed. Throughout the program, students critically examine technologies, identify sustainable design solutions, and reflect on the environmental impacts of production and consumption.  Opportunities for ongoing inquiry-based learning back in the classroom could be explored.

Key Concepts:

  • Technology: The application of digital and mechanical tools to solve problems.
  • Innovation: Developing creative solutions to address environmental challenges.
  • Production: The process of manufacturing goods, including electronic devices.
  • Consumption: How goods and resources are used and discarded by individuals and communities.
  • Waste: Discarded materials, particularly e-waste, that can be harmful or repurposed.
  • Environment: The natural world affected by human production and waste.
  • ​​Sustainability: Practices that support long-term environmental health and resource management.

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Cross Curriculum Priorities & General Capabilitites

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures 

First Nations communities of Australia maintain a deep connection to, and responsibility for, Country/Place and have holistic values and belief systems that are connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways. (A_TSICP1)

First Nations Australians' ways of life reflect unique ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing. (A_TSIC2)

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Last reviewed 21 November 2024
Last updated 21 November 2024