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A table below provides Lesson Plans. By clicking on any lesson plan title, you can access a summary of the activities, required materials, learning objectives, and links to all supporting resources, including presentations, worksheets, and resources.
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We understand that high schools are not just places where young people learn facts - they are places where new habits, values, and ways of thinking are shaped. Schools play a vital role in raising informed, responsible future citizens. We invite you to use these lesson plans in whatever way best supports your teaching, whether by integrating several lessons or selecting only one that enriches your subject area. Even small steps can help students develop the curiosity, skills, and awareness needed to shape more sustainable communities.
Your role as an educator is essential, and we hope these resources offer both practical tools and meaningful inspiration as you bring circular-economy learning to life in your classroom.
As a final note, making circular thinking part of everyday life requires families and communities to be essential partners. When students learn about resource conservation, creative reuse, or waste reduction at school, those lessons become much stronger when they are reinforced at home. Families can support this learning by listening to their children’s ideas, repairing items instead of replacing them, reducing single-use products, and participating in local upcycling or repair activities. Schools also act as community hubs by running workshops, hosting repair events, and modeling circular practices on campus.
That is why our project aims to support a whole school approach - these lesson plans are a great start, and we hope they spark conversations, inspire projects, and help your school take meaningful steps toward a more circular future.
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The EDU.CIRCULAR project is co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE). Neither the European Union nor SEPIE can be held responsible for them.
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