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- 7th - 8th
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Students discover why, how, and where they should recycle or reuse what they throw away. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compute their school's trash for one year. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students work together to make paper using screens, mixing bowls and toilet paper. They consider the importance of recycling to responsibly manage natural resources. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the situation in Japan in which they are required to pay to recycle large appliances. They compare and contrast the incentives available to citizens of Japan and the United States who recycle. They predict how consumers might react when they have to pay a fee. In groups, they create strategies for reducing the amount of waste in landfills. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students look at a day's accumulation of recyclable trash from first through fifth grade classrooms, not knowing which classes it came from. After setting up a collection sheet for data, students remove items from the receptacle and record their location on the sheet. Inferences are made as to whom the particular trash belongs. The activity is related to the work of an archaeologist.and students write a summary of the activity. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students save classroom waste for at least three days. They identify the sources of man made products. Students identify those items that can be recycled and those that can't. They identify those items that are reusable products. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students collect and analyze a sample of their school's trash. Using the items, they weigh them and calculate percentages to compare them with the national average. They idenity materials that can be recycled and discuss the benefits of reducing solid waste. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students study and investigate why worms are called "nature's recyclers". They predict what will happen in two different containers-one with soil and trash, and one with soil, trash, and worms. Finally students discuss how worms help to solve environmental problems. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students observe trash thrown away in the class to determine whether any items could be recycled. They then think about items that are thrown away at home or in other areas that could be recycled, and how the students help the environment by recycling. Full Review »
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