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Description

Reuse your recycling to create a map of your community, and models of your services.

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/really-rubbish-maps/

Resources

Scissors
Coloured pens or pencils
Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
Clean items of recycling
A map of your local area


Safety: Scissors
Supervise young people appropriately when they’re using scissors. Store all sharp objects securely, out of the reach of young people

Safety: Rubbish and recycling
All items should be clean and suitable for this activity.

Instructions

Create your community
1. As a whole group, look at the map of your local area. Point out some of the main landmarks, and the most important places and features.
[Every local community is different, but some ideas of places to get you started could include: Hospitals, shops, parks, schools, places of worship, community centres, libraries, museums, theatres and train stations.]
2. Everyone should take the everyday items, and use them to mark out the main landmarks and features on the floor.
[They don’t need to be to scale. A pile of jumpers could show where the hospital is, while a piece of rope could mark the main road.]


Choose your landmarks
1. Split into small groups.
2. Every group should stand by one of the landmarks on the big map. This is the landmark they will make from the recycling.


Create your landmarks
1. Each group should plan how they will use the recycling to make a model of the landmark. They may want to use pens and paper to draw pictures, or note down their ideas.
2. Each group should gather the pieces of recycling they need, and use the sticky tape and glue to transform them into a model of their landmark.
3. Once everyone has made their models, they should put them in the right place on the map.
4. If you can, take a picture of your finished map before you take apart your models and recycle the items.

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• Artist - Model
• Creative - Construction
• World - Services