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- 3rd - 8th
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Students, in groups, formulate an estimate of how long some trash items might last in a landfill. They sort trash items according to attributes and graph their results. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together in groups to collect and categorize the class's solid waste items. They sort the garbage into recyclable and non-recyclable items. They discuss ways in which engineers have helped to reduce the amount of solid waste. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students eat two sack "lunches", examine video clips, and play a role playing game to investigate recycling and landfills in the United States. This lesson could be used as a cross-curricular activity involving Art, Language Arts, and Science. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students collect and categorize solid waste produced in the classroom. They weigh the waste that has been collected over one week's time, and separate it into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. They talk about the role of engineers in reducing and recycling solid waste. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students relate recycling to their everyday lives and responsibilities. They define recycling and write a short paragraph regarding who should recycle. in addition, they sort certain recyclable products, play the "Clean up Treasure Hunt" and create a luscious layered landfill. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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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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- 4th - 6th
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Students identify how different cultures deal with the challenge of trash. Read an excerpt from a chapter book based on real life written from the Southern Indian perspective. Describe the life of a street child in Southern India. Explain the importance of recycling and list at least 5 ways to reduce garbage. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students work in cooperative groups to estimate how long trash lasts in a landfill. They study environmental consequences of not recycling and use graph-making software to create a graph that illustrates the lifespan of trash items discussed in the activity. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students are introduced to the concept of reuse, recycle and reduce. Using the internet, they identify the major companies that are causing the problem of growing trash. They research the methods of conservation used by companies and discuss how to reduce at home. Full Review »
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