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\n\"Worms:\n\n
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\nWorms: Nature's Recyclers\n

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\nStudents explore vermi-composting. In this vermi-composting lesson plan, students listen to the story Diary of a Worm and discuss the parts of a worm. They create worm bins and add organic food for the worms to recycle. \n
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\n\"Can\n\n
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\nCan Worms See?\n

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\nSecond graders discuss the previously created worm compost and the importance of living creatures to the Environment.  In this worm lesson, 2nd graders observe worms and record their sensitivity to light. Students design a petri...\n
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\n\"Organic\n\n
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\nOrganic and Inorganic Recycling\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\n\"Recycling:\n\n
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\nRecycling: lesson 4\n

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\nStudents create plans in order to reduce solid waste. In this recycling lesson plan, students discuss and come up with plans to reduce consumption, reusing products, recycling materials, and composting and then present their plans to the...\n
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\nMake Your Own Newspaper Plant Pots\n

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\nStudents make plant pots out of newspaper as part of a recycle, reuse, and reduce lesson. In this recycling lesson, students fold a piece of newspaper to make a pot in which to start plants. They fill it with compost and plant seeds.\n
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\nWillie the Worm\n

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\nStudents explore Earth science by participating in a compost activity in class. In this worm instructional activity, students discuss the importance of worms in the creation of plants. Students cut out pieces from a print out to assemble...\n
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\n\"Composting\n\n
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\nComposting As Recycling\n

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\nIn this environment worksheet, students use a milk jug and worms to demonstrate how garbage can be biodegradable in the right conditions.\n
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\n\"Soil\n\n
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\nSoil Composition & Discovery\n

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\nOrganic or mineral? How does the matter matter? Second graders use their knowledge of the rock cycle to label the different components in garden soil.\n
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\n\"Environmental\n\n
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\nEnvironmental Sciences\n

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\nWhether you are teaching environmental science in junior high or studying recycling in kindergarten, there is something for all in this set of lessons designed for environmental education. The 110-page packet comes with tips for...\n
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\nLS2B - Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems\n

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\nProduce, consume, decompose...repeat! Examine how matter and energy cycles in ecosystems by watching a video discussing NGSS standard LS2B. The narrator explains the requirements of the standard at each grade level, plus gives tips to...\n
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\nTurning Food Waste Into a Resource\n

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\nOne in every seven truckloads of perishable foods delivered to grocery stores gets thrown away. Is there anything that can be done with this waste? One solution is to recycle the old produce and turn it into fertilizer. The video, part...\n
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\nCarbon and Nitrogen Cycles\n

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\nAs the world turns ... so do the carbon and nitrogen cycles! Introduce them both to eager young biologists through an animated video, part of an extensive biology playlist. The narrator explains how each element moves through its...\n
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\nThe Lowdown — Rot and Rubbish: The Rancid Truth about How Much Food We Waste\n

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\nCompare waste a percent at a time. The resource contains an infographic on food waste. Using images, the informative activity describes the amount and types of food waste that occur. Pupils compare the percentage of waste from their...\n
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\nFood Waste Solutions\n

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\nEasy doesn't always mean better. In an era with pre-packaged everything, learners consider the environmental impact of the convenient trend. They critique the packaging of food and how waste impacts cost and then look for solutions.\n
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\n\"Micro-organisms\n\n
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\nMicro-organisms and Human Life\n

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\nIn this biology worksheet, learners identify and locate various vocabulary terms that relate to micro-organisms and human life. There are 20 biology terms located in the word search.\n
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\n\"Illegal\n\n
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\nIllegal Dumping\n

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\nStudents go on an outing and note garbage near picnic tables. They brainstorm ways to be involved with anti-litter campaigns and write letters to local officials.\n
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\n\"Using\n\n
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\nUsing the Land\n

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\nIn this land worksheet, high schoolers review the different ways that land is used such as landfills, topsoil, farmland, and hazardous waste. This worksheet has 13 true or false questions and 1 short answer question.\n
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\nHow Much Is Too Much? How Little Is Too Little?\n

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\nStudents perform a series of experiments which show that plants require nutrients in certain quantities. They also cooperatively read materials on the nutrient requirements of plants, fertilizers, composting, and soil management, and...\n
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\nWHAT'S ORGANIC?\n

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\nLearners explore how certain foods come to be certified \"organic.\" They write the words \"organic\" and \"synthetic\" and given the definitions of each. Students are given dictionaries. They are asked: \"What is organic food?\" Learners grow...\n
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\nThe Case of the Broken Loop\n

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\nIn this environmental awareness activity, students complete 8 pages pertaining to waste, landfills, recycling and composting. Included are: matching words and definitions, crossword puzzle, scrambled letters, a code, word search and a...\n
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\nMathematics Lesson Plan\n

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\nSecond graders study subtraction facts. In this mathematics instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss how to solve two digit subtraction problems. Students recognize that there are many different methods or strategies one can use such...\n
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\nAll Wrapped Up\n

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\nStudents work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.\n
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\nEcoFluxx\n

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\nLearners describe examples of predator/prey relationships in nature explain how some animals protect themselves from predation better follow all directions presented to them become more flexible, adaptable and literate learners. They...\n
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\n\"Vermicomposting\n\n
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\nVermicomposting\n

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\nThird graders study vermicomposting. For this vermicomposting lesson, 3rd graders prepare to begin a unit on decomposition by constructing a worm bin. Students collect worms to be used later in experiments.\n
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