Lesson Plan, Upper Primary

Using the Systems Iceberg to Examine Paper Overuse at School

Environmental Education, Student Leadership, Systems Iceberg

Summary

Students will be introduced to the Systems Iceberg with the familiar problem of litter on the playground. Then, they will further explore the Systems Iceberg using the topic of paper overuse at school.

Impact on Learning

For the second issue that we examined, students were able to successfully place many idea cards in the correct layers of the Systems Iceberg model. They were also able to identify actions they could take.

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