Explore The Classroom With Sustainable Materials Task Cards

Help students develop a deeper understanding of sustainability by having them investigate the products they use every day. These Sustainable Materials Task Cards encourage learners to think critically about how common items are made, used, and disposed of. Through evidence-based inquiry, students use the sustainable materials task cards to evaluate recyclability, reusability, and environmental impact and identify more sustainable alternatives.

With this set of Sustainable Materials Task Cards, students will examine items such as pencils, shoes, notebooks, electronics, food wrappers, and drink bottles. The critical thinking questions on each card are designed to help them build environmental awareness and scientific reasoning skills. For each everyday object, students are required to explain their thinking using scientific vocabulary, support ideas with evidence, and assign sustainability ratings to real-world materials.

Explore and Identify Sustainable Material Options

Designed for sustainability studies, science lessons, environmental investigations, and collaborative discussions, this resource provides meaningful opportunities for students to explore and identify sustainable options in everyday life.

Included in this download:

• 20 sustainability investigation task cards
• Inquiry prompts focused on recyclability, reusability, environmental impact, and sustainability 
• Student recording sheets

No answer key is included because the questions on each card are open-ended.

Download This Sustainable Living Classroom Activity 

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This resource was created by Emma Eager, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

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