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Students investigate the economic and ecological importance of recycling. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students increase awareness of the amount of trash per day, and to address ways to reduce and recycle trash. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read NASAexplores articles. They explore how much trash they create each day by weighing their trash bag and weighing the remains after the trash is burned. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students determine the differences between reusable, compostable and recyclable trash. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students, in groups, formulate an estimate of how long some trash items might last in a landfill. They sort trash items according to attributes and graph their results. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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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 »
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- 3rd - 5th
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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 »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students define trash, garbage, or solid waste, discuss ways of disposing of trash, list examples of biodegradable materials, and have trash relay race in order to sort trash into appropriate containers labeled biodegradable, reusable, recyclable, and landfill. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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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 »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify and sort trash into groups based on if it is biodegradable, reusable or recyclable. In groups, they analyze their own personal behavior explaining six ways to reduce the solid waste they produce. They practice new behaviors to help protect the environment. Full Review »