Red Hill Environmental Education Centre

Community awareness and education regarding the high standard of operation and environmental performance of the Red Hill Waste Management Facility continues to be an important part of the operations of the site. The EMRC provides tours of the facility for the community, local and state Government, private organisations, concerned parties and international delegates.

The Environmental Education Centre has been upgraded to provide enhanced educational programs for schools and community groups. It will continue to provide an excellent opportunity to learn more about ways that we can contribute towards a sustainable future and successful waste management through reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering resources from our waste.

School Activities in the Environmental Education Centre

By visiting our education centre, your students will have a great opportunity to learn more about ways they can contribute towards a sustainable future and successful waste management through Reducing, Re-using, Recycling and Recovering resources from our waste.

A visit to the centre is broken up into two sessions:

Session One (40 minutes)

Students work individually to create a piece of artwork with re useable objects that would normally be thrown away in the rubbish. Their art work will be temporary as it will be dismantled at the end of the lesson for future groups to re-use the objects.

Students work together in a sorting and classifying activity to determine what can be done with waste.

Session Two (40 minutes)

Students learn about several aspects of sustainability by working in groups to complete a course of eight activities. Topics covered include:

Do you know your waste?
Household hazardous waste
Water savers
Current life-cycle of waste
Landfill management
Introducing the R-Gang
Shop smart
Litter behaviour

Red Hill Activity Booklet Version 4 - June 2008.pdf (2.65 Mb)
Reference No: EMRC-81295
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Red Hill Environmental Education Centre and Tours - Flyer.pdf (1.17 Mb)
Reference No: EMRC-36388
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Red Hill Environmental Education Centre and Tours - Excursion Guidelines 2007.pdf (98.38 kb)
Reference No: EMRC-59630
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Red Hill Environmental Education Centre and Landfill Tour - Teacher Checklist 2007.pdf (619.20 kb)
Reference No: EMRC-59632
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Links to the Curriculum Framework

These Environmental Education experiences cover the following Learning Area Outcomes from the Curriculum Framework.

Society & Environment Learning Area Outcomes

Outcome	Description	How is it achieved?
Resources	Students understand that people attempt to meet their needs and wants by making optimum use of limited resources in enterprising ways.	Students learn about how they can contribute towards reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering resources from our waste. Students also consider ways to conserve our water resources.
Active Citizenship	Students demonstrate active citizenship through their behaviours and practices in the school environment, in accordance with the principles and values associated with the democratic process, social justice and ecological sustainability.	Students are exposed to consequences of littering and are provided with an overview of the 4R’s. Students are also assisted to produce an environmental pledge tree for their class.

Science Learning Area Outcomes

Outcome	Description	How is it achieved?
Natural and Processes Materials	Students understand that the structure of materials determines their properties and that the processing of raw materials results in new materials with different properties and uses.	Students discuss reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering as ways to reduce the need for extracting raw materials. They are also introduced to a range of recycled produces.

English Learning Area Outcomes

Outcome	Description	How is it achieved?
Conventions	Students use the conventions of standard Australian English with understanding and critical awareness.	Students are given an opportunity to expand on their vocabulary by being exposed to environmental and waste activities.
Listening	Students listen with purpose, understanding and critical awareness in a wide range of situations.	Students follow directions to work together in a group activity, and interact in a discussion with a presenter.

Cost

All activities are offered free of charge to schools located in the EMRC council areas of Bassendean, Bayswater, Belmont, Kalamunda, Mundaring and Swan. Bookings are essential. Schools must also provide their own bus.

Excursions to the Red Hill Environmental Education Centre and/or tours of the Red Hill Waste Management Facility may be booked for Wednesdays and Thursdays of each Term.

If you are interested in organizing a school group to Red Hill for a tour of the facility and/or the education centre please download and read the information:

Red Hill Environmental Education Centre and Tour Excursion Form.pdf (36.45 kb)
Reference No: EMRC-59629
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Red Hill Activity Booklet.pdf (1.47 Mb)
Reference No: EMRC-36386
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Lisa Griffin Waste Education Officer
Phone: 08 9424 2271
Email: lisa.griffin@emrc.org.au