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494 Trash & recycling Lesson Plans

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Grade Range
9th
Rating
3 Stars

Students classify trash into categories, learn options for dealing with trash, and consider problems that exist with landfills through these activities. Full Review »

Grade Range
1st - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

Students classify trash and place them in the correct recycling bin. They identify objects that can be made from recycled materials. They discover the importance of recycling and create an object with recyclable materials. Full Review »

Grade Range
5th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students investigate the economic and ecological importance of recycling. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
4 Stars

Students determine the differences between reusable, compostable and recyclable trash. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students work together in groups to collect and categorize the class's solid waste items. They sort the garbage into recyclable and non-recyclable items. They discuss ways in which engineers have helped to reduce the amount of solid waste. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
4 Stars

Students eat two sack "lunches", examine video clips, and play a role playing game to investigate recycling and landfills in the United States. This lesson could be used as a cross-curricular activity involving Art, Language Arts, and Science. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
4 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine the concepts of recycling and reusing. They define recycling and reusing, and examine various trash items and determine whether they can be recycled or reused. Students then create a "Litter Bug" to put next to a trash can to remind them to recycle. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
4 Stars

Students identify how different cultures deal with the challenge of trash. Read an excerpt from a chapter book based on real life written from the Southern Indian perspective. Describe the life of a street child in Southern India. Explain the importance of recycling and list at least 5 ways to reduce garbage. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students work in cooperative groups to estimate how long trash lasts in a landfill. They study environmental consequences of not recycling and use graph-making software to create a graph that illustrates the lifespan of trash items discussed in the activity. Full Review »