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    Unlock the secrets hidden inside mobile phones with these free, engaging lesson plans designed for Australian primary and secondary students with the experts at MobileMuster. Explore recycling, develop communication skills and give your students the chance to win fantastic prizes through the MobileMuster Schools Competition.

The MobileMuster Schools Competition is back for 2025!

Uncover the hidden secrets of mobile phones, discover recycling magic and give your students a chance to win awesome prizes!

Students create a drawing, photograph or short film (60 seconds), encouraging their community to recycle their old mobile phones.

Entry is open to all primary and secondary students in Australia. Entries close on 1 November 2025. Click here to head to the MobileMuster site for all the T&Cs!

Inspire recycling action!

Your students don't have to be experienced artists to enter MobileMuster's Schools Competition, and you don't need to create all new lessons!

All your students need is an idea, imagination and motivation. All you need are the lessons we've created with MobileMuster!

So what are you waiting for?! Scroll down for FREE lesson plans designed around this year's theme—What's in a phone?—to help make entering easy!

What's in a phone?

      Art for Impact: Inspiring Mobile Phone Recycling

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              MobileMuster is the product stewardship program of the mobile phone industry and is accredited by the federal government. It is voluntarily funded by all of the major handset manufacturers and network carriers to provide a free mobile phone recycling program in Australia to the highest environmental standard. The program is committed to raising awareness and educating the community on why it is important to recycle.

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