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Lesson plans and class activities about recycling mobile phones for ages 12–16.

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Explore the costs and benefits of using mobile phones with lesson ideas and support for organising a mobile phone recycling scheme.  

There are guidelines for organising a school collection of old phones, and ideas for using mobile phones as a starting point to discuss the environment, recycling, poverty, and the place of communications technology in different parts of the world. 

You'll find background information, posters to advertise your collection, and further ideas for educational activities about mobile phones. Great for 12–16 year olds.

 
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