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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students read a New York Times article as part of their investigation as to what happens when an item is thrown away or recycled. They analyze the relationship between a product's ingredients and its effect on the Earth and healthful living. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop a working model computer program of a recycling center which can be used to make decisions about a school recycling program. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students observe how plants recycle themselves, and discuss different types of propagation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students investigate how paper can be recycled into new and reusable paper. They listen to the book, Johnny & the Old Oak Tree, and Sir Johnny's Recycling Adventure, observe a demonstration of the paper pulp being made, and assist in forming the paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students work together to build a trash city. They collect items that would go into a landfill to help them build their city. They discuss ways to cut down on garbage. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students participate in Texas Recycles Day. They discover the importance of recycling and how it helps the environment. They discover which products are recyclable and which ones are not. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students examine their role in polluting the environment and discuss the importance of recycling. In groups, they place earthworms into compost piles to observe why they are considered natural recyclers. They also practice sorting a pile of materials into recycleable and non-recyclable objects. To end the lesson, they discover how paper and plastic are recycled. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students explain how some products are easier to recycle than others. They define the term recycle and give examples of things that can be recycled. Pupils explain how objects that are made of more than one material be recycled? Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students view a clip of a landfill on the computer. They explore a landfill website and research some facts. They then click on a link titles "Let's Talk Trash and take a trivia quiz. Finally students review the facts on landfills again and print of some facts they find interesting. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students describe difference between renewable and non-renewable resources, match types of plastic with their recycling symbol designations, and list three products made from recycled plastic. Full Review »
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