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	Education: starting early

Education: starting early

Learning through the WEEE Man | Understanding the footprint process |

Visit the WEEE man

MAKE A WEEE BOY

Aim: to help children engage with the WEEE man back in the classroom
Age: 11–13
When: follow–up activity
Group size: class activity/homework activity
Supports: design and technology, art

Build a WEEE boy in class

	Ask the class to bring in a range of waste products that they throw away at home (packaging, paper, cans, mobile phones, printer cartridges, old phones)
	Based on the WEEE man, get them to use the products to construct a WEEE boy
	Send us a photograph of your best ideas to WEEE man: RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ, UK. We will feature our favourite on the website.

Download Make a WEEE boy PDF (151 kb)

Next: Product comparisons

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Line ups
Belief circles
Product pairs
Wider implications of shopping
Product comparisons
Make an inventory


FURTHER INFORMATION


	ITDG produces excellent sustainable design materials for secondary schools www.itdg.org.uk Sustainable Design awards website for A & AS level design & technology students www.sda-uk.org Inspirational examples of environmentally and socially responsible products informationinspiration.org.uk Design for Sustainability www.demi.org.uk STEP programme is a design-focused sustainable design programme for KS3 and KS4. www.stepin.org
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