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Students demonstrate their knowledge of recycling. In this recycling lesson, students participate in a concentration and "Go Fish" game. The students use prior knowledge to play these two games.
In this recycling learning exercise, students use a recycling directory from their county to complete a learning exercise about the location of where to recycle particular items such as mulch, chemicals and electronics. They identify local recycling events and items recycled at their school.
For this recycling worksheet set, students read about where trash goes in Pinellas county. They fill in blanks in the words reduce, recycle, and reuse. They identify items that can be recycled, make words from the letters in the word "conservation," complete brain teasers and a matching game.
Students explore the process of recycling. In this ecology lesson, students examine the sequence of events that occur during decomposition and how this process is altered by the use of landfills. Extension ideas and worksheets are provided.
Middle schoolers investigate the benefits of recycling. In this environmental awareness instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of recyclable materials. Middle schoolers discuss the importance of reusing and recycling materials from homes and schools. Students watch the video "Earth Aid: Recycling" to learn ways of reducing landfill overflow.
Second graders study recycling. In this environment lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss how to sort trash, sort actual trash labeling it, and explore the trash writing new uses of each item of trash instead of throwing the item away.
Fourth graders gain an awareness of recycling. In this science lesson plan, 4th graders become aware of how much garbage we can produce, identify landfills and their purposes, and explain how recycling saves energy and resources while reducing pollution.
Students identify the reasons why recycling is important. In this recycling lesson, students practice sorting plastics into categories using recycling bins and types of plastics.
Students increase their awareness of the importance of recycling and the methods by which glass can be recycled. In this letter writing instructional activity, they are introduced to the Rose Island Sea Glass Stewardship Program. Students recall the beach glass from the island. They are told that the glass can be recycled in many ways.
Fourth graders recycle junk mail. In this recycling lesson, 4th graders see how recycling saves the environment and how they can help. They visually see how much junk mail goes out and how it should be recycled.