Decaying and materials in mobiles | 9–11 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on materials to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to the materials found in mobile phones and how different materials decay.
What’s the story behind the materials used in mobile phones? How do natural substances decay differently from plastic waste? This topic web contains sustainability context ideas and classroom activity suggestions for teaching about materials to 9–11 year olds. Discuss the background of materials that are found in mobile phones or explore how different materials decay.
Each web explains the background science, describes how scientists are working in this field, and suggests ways to explore this in the classroom.
How to use this topic web
This resource is part of our Sustainability contexts for primary science teaching series. The series features a total of 20 topic webs designed to help you link your existing curriculum teaching to sustainability issues.
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