Separating plastic waste (task) © Siemens Stiftung 2017 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Separating plastic waste (task)

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Worksheet:
How do you separate plastics, for example, for waste recycling? Task with a contextual scenario.

Available in: English, German, Spanish (CREA)
Type of media: Text (146.0 kByte)
Last update: 2017-09-27
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This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.

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Media package:
Experimento | 10+: B3 How does waste separation work?
Description:
A short story leads to the task’s question. The students should think of an experiment with which they can separate three types of plastic with different densities as easily as possible.
Incremental hints for answering this task are available under “Separating plastic waste (hints for printing)” or “Separating plastic waste (interactive hints)” on the media portal of the Siemens Stiftung. The worksheet includes QR codes for using the interactive hints online and viewing the solution.
Explanations of the experiment for the teacher are found in “Separating plastic waste (teacher information).”
Related media:
Separating plastic waste (hints for printing) (Text)
Separating plastic waste (interactive hints) (Interactive)
Separating plastic waste (teacher information) (Text)
Learning resource type:
Worksheet (printable)
Subjects:
Chemistry; Physics; Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Middle/high school
Keywords:
Environmental protection; Recycling; Waste recycling
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
Dr. Lutz Stäudel and MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2017
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