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- 4th
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Students identify and become aware of how much garbage we can produce, identify landfills and their purposes, and explain how recycling saves energy and resources while reducing pollution. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read articles and research issues concerning the dumping of city sewage in other states and/or low-income regions. They examine alternative methods to waste dumping and compare waste systems to a forest's natural recycling system. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover that ecycling is using a product more than once so that natural resources can be saved and so that we won't need so many garbage dumps and landfills. They see that there are different ways to recycle. Students design a game where players try to come up with alternative uses for used products. They brainstorm ideas for an effective board game format. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Paper Lesson Plan - Students discover how paper is made. Working together, they make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is and its importance. Students study the process of how paper is made, and discover that almost half of all the trash produced by humans is paper. This lesson plan helps students see that recycling paper has many benefits, like helping the environment by saving trees and reducing the amount of trash dumped in landfills. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students collect and categorize solid waste produced in the classroom. They weigh the waste that has been collected over one week's time, and separate it into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. They talk about the role of engineers in reducing and recycling solid waste. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students determine that we need to recycle our waste. They identify what organic waste is and identify what compost is and what it is used for. They observe what should and shouldn't go in the compost bin and how to look after a compost bin. They complete a craft activity as an example of reusing waste. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine aluminum as valuable, recyclable natural resource that they use everyday, set up school-wide recycling program for aluminum cans from juice and soda machines within school, and discuss how recycling saves energy and reduces amount of trash going into landfills. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students review what they recall about biodegradable materials. They discuss why biodegradable materials are more "environment friendly." Students discuss that in the early 1990's, a student invented a golf tee made entirely out of biodegradable substances. They discuss why this invention was important. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students investigate the process of decomposition. They participate in a discussion about landfills, and create a list of items people throw in the garbage. Students then create and record the changes to their own school landfill after a period of two weeks. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students determine the importance of recycling to reduce waste, to employ trash in useful ways, and to save the environment. They estimate the percentages of landfill waste that items constitute, based on what they found in their own trash inventory. Full Review »
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