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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students track the amount of junk mail received at their homes in one week and use the collected data to estimate how much junk mail would accumulate in a year. They explore ways to solve the junk mail problem. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students consider the issue of waste recycling alternatives for isolated settings. In geographically remote localities, where landfill operations lack technological advances, or may perhaps be nonexistent. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students see that when we throw away garbage, it usually ends up in a landfill. Landfill space is getting increasingly scarce, and every time we throw something away we throw with it the energy, the money, and the raw materials it took to make it. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students build an organic waste methane generator and learn by running a scientific experiment to see what happens when people alter nature's way of recycling. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students identify recycled and recyclable products by reading labels. They discuss what happens to solid waste in landfills and its impact on the environment. They discuss ways in which they can conserve natural resources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students discuss their knowledge of rubbish-what happens when they put it outside on collection day? They discuss the landfill site and what else they could do with their rubbish. Students work in groups with a lunch box. They play a game by rolling a dice and moving around the board (template not included in the lesson). Students follow the directions on the board, looking into the lunch box and telling which item they would reduce, re-use or recycle. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students review what solid waste is and how much one person produces each day. After reading an article, they discuss the four types of solid waste removal and identify the positives and negatives of each one. In groups, they create a waste brochure and shares it with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students sort trash bags according to their own ideas about trash. They review vocabulary words and read a trade book on recycling. Students create their own definition of pollution and discuss what they can do to reduce pollution. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the amount of packaging material that is thrown into landfills in the United States. They identify the packaging problems of a product with an excessive amount of material then design a protype for an improved package that uses fewer materials. They present their new design with a written report. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students brainstorm what rubbish/waste, incineration, landfilling and recycling is and how it affects their environment. They review the positive and negative effects of our current methods of waste disposal in their communities. Art and posters are encouraged to help communicate ideas to the public. Full Review »
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