Litter Live Lesson 2021

Litter is a serious problem. It looks awful, affects our health and well-being and harms wildlife.

In support of our annual Spring Clean Scotland campaign, this Live Lesson is all about Litter & Waste, with special guests from Scottish SPCA and Auchindrain Historic Township.

Primary Schools

A series of three workshops explaining the difference between litter and waste, why both are such a huge problem, how litter affects animals, what we can learn from how we used to live, and what we can all do to reduce litter and waste.

Contents:

Workshop 1: How Litter Affects Animals - Scottish SPCA
Workshop 2: How We Used to Live: Auchindrain Historic Township
Workshop 3: Litter vs Waste and What We Can All Do - Keep Scotland Beautiful

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Assembly

Do you remember? Lesson overview.
How old is this crisp packet?
Quiz answers
Examples from schools
Litter Stinks song

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