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Sustainable changemakers – lunchbox citizens

Explore the challenges around single use and soft plastics as well as empowering students to create positive change in their home, school and local community.

This resource supports student voice and agency in developing an action-based response to the issue of plastic litter. Students will gain an awareness of the impact we have on the environment and how they can become changemakers. 

Using an Inquiry and STEAMD model, students will actively participate in hands-on change maker experiences. This resource is easily adaptable to a range of age groups.  

A lunchbox with a picture of the earth attached to the front, and the words 'What is one change you can make to your lunchbox so it is more sustainable?'

Resources

Sustainable change makers: lunchbox citizens – teacher resource

Lunchbox citizens – inquiry booklet

Lunchbox citizens STEAMD – activity booklet

Unpacking the lunchbox – resource list

Hook students in with videos, articles and websites which explore sustainability.

Unpacking the lunchbox – book list

Explore picture books which focus on sustainability.

Lunchbox citizens – hexagon thinking – activity sheet

Use this activity sheet to explore connections to sustainability through a hexagon thinking routine.

Lunchbox citizens – scavenger hunt on waste – activity sheet

Use this activity to investigate rubbish in the school playground.

Bento box – teacher's resource

In this activity students create a bento box artwork as a response to the problem of single-use plastics and explore ways to make a positive change. 

 

Bento box design template – activity sheet