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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students identify litter, and discuss what to do with it. They analyze people's response to litter. Some people may ignore it, while others may pick it up. They observe student behavior as part of an experiment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students discuss the different types of litter and how if can be prevented or cleaned up. They categorize litter into what can and cannot be recycled. Touring their school, they note where they find litter and clean it up. They share their findings with the entire school population and create prevention posters to display around the school. They also write poems about litter and recycling. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students investigate the negative effects that litter has on the environment and their community. They photograph areas of litter in their community and write a reaction to the pictures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students participate in a scavenger hunt to find different types of trash items around different environments. They distinguish between man-made litter and natural materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 10th
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Students collect a sample of litter found in marked off areas of the schoolyard. They sort and weigh the litter to determine the amount and type of litter found in those areas. After data is collected they can submit their results online. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 12th
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Students remove and analyze arthropods and macro-invertebrates from natural ground litter collected on the school grounds. They collect the samples, enter the data into a spreadsheet, and compare the data with other online results. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the finding of the meaning of organic and inorganic things. They find the definitions for both words and conduct an experiment showing how human litter does not break down easily. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students examine the concepts of recycling and reusing. They define recycling and reusing, and examine various trash items and determine whether they can be recycled or reused. Students then create a "Litter Bug" to put next to a trash can to remind them to recycle. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students will collect and discuss data found at various stations and base conclusions on information that they have found. They then will discuss ways to improve sitatuations the future. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students answer the question, "Do Plants Need Clean Water To Grow?" . They make predictions, expose three plants to varying conditions and complete drawings of their observations. Afterwards they study litter and prepare a TV commercial to encourage people not to litter land or oceans. Full Review »
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