Links to the Curriculum

How visits to the Veolia Nottinghamshire Materials Recovery Facility link to the national curriculum

School visits to the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) can cover a wide range of topics allowing clear links to the curriculum and giving students a practical view of science and technology in action.

Below are some of the links to the primary and secondary curriculum that may be referenced during visits to the MRF.

Primary*:

• Materials:
  • Origins of materials with links to materials as resources
  • Properties and uses of metal, plastic and paper/card
  • Reducing, Reusing and Recycling materials
• Environment:
  • How resource use affects habitats
  • Impact of humans on the environment (positive and negative)
  • Negative effects of population and development such as litter and deforestation
  • Natural resources and sustainability

Secondary:

• Technology:
  • Properties of materials
  • Use of machinery and automation in recycling
• Geography:
  • Interaction and impact of humans on the environment
  • Resource management and sustainability
• Science:
  • Earth as a source of limited resources and the efficacy of recycling
  • Product life cycle assessment and recycling to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life
  • The viability of recycling of certain materials

*Please note school visits are open to students age 7 and above.