Year 6 · Citizenship · Sustainable choices · Lesson 2

Food choices and reducing waste

Reducing waste with reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse and repair, sustainable food choices, food waste and methane, composting, and persuading for change.

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Explain the R's of waste
Explain why reducing is best
Suggest sustainable food choices
Persuade others to cut waste

The method

Need it?
Reuse it?
Recycle it?
Last resort.

Key words: reduce, reuse, recycle, single-use plastic, compost, methane.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Name the three main R's.

Step 1: R, R, R

Answer: reduce, reuse, recycle

Question 2

Which R is best?

Step 1: Reduce

Answer: reduce

Question 3

Give an example of reusing.

Step 1: Bottle

Answer: refilling a water bottle / reusing bags