for secondary school teachers
Our new resources give students the chance to study aluminium and recycling as part of the Science curriculum.
As these are new resources we really hope you’ll contact us to let us know what you think of them, and give us suggestions for other information or subject areas we could include in this section of Think Cans in the Classroom. Please get in touch! You can also subscribe to receive our ezine, which is issued every term and has the latest news from Novelis Recycling and Think Cans!
SCIENCE: Aluminium production and recycling
Overview: A range of activities that allow students look at aluminium production from raw materials and recycled waste. They compare the two routes and look at the science-based jobs within the aluminium recycling plant.
- KS4 Sc3.2
ENTERPRISE: Setting up a recycling scheme: cash for cans
Overview: Students look at the work of personnel in an aluminium recycling company and how their roles can be applied to setting up a recycling scheme in school.
Work related learning
Enterprise
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useful links
- Cans for cash or charity
- Free Resources for Schools
- Recycling at work
- Cash for Cans
- What happens to the cans?

