Students will discover how to separate recycled goods by completing this hands-on science activity. Learn how physical properties are used to sort recyclable materials.

Use the given sites and worksheet to brainstorm an original invention for a product to be manufactured from recycled materials.

Students learn about material reuse by designing and building the strongest and tallest towers they can, using only recycled materials. They follow design constraints and build their towers to withstand earthquake and high wind simulations.

In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), recycling and uses of recycled materials will be explored. Students will also create a recycling collage. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide"...

Lesson where students learn about recycling by collecting trash from the schoolyard and watching a podcast about recycling. Additional activities are provided corresponding to different subject areas, such as reading, math, social...

Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about houses being built from recycled materials. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A slideshow explaining the steps in the recycling process and how the loop is closed when you buy goods made with recycled materials.

With this art activity, individuals or groups can use a wide variety of objects to create a collage of America. The example collage is made of garbage, and is intended to be a commentary on our problems with trash.

We throw away so many things on a daily basis. Why not find creative ways to recycle and reuse them? 45 ways you can make different items by using recycled materials are provided here.

This Great Lakes Recycle site allows you see pictures and descriptions of many items created from recycled goods.

In the age of going green, check out these artworks made of recycled materials.

With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.

Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...

A two-page handout on the rationale for recycling and what happens to recycled materials in one community.

Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...

The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.

This site provides eight art activities which teach students of all age to make a variety of sculptures. Activities provided include: "Mat Board Sculpture," "Create a Butterfly Mobile," and "Carve a Free-Form Sculpture."

Got Trash? Who doesn't? You can turn it to treasure by using the Trash Matcher. Click on the type of trash you have to find directions for fun projects that will use up your recyclables.

A fun casting project to try using clear packing tape. On this site there are step-by-step illustrated instructions plus video and pictoral examples.

If you have a hardback book you don't want anymore this is a creative idea to recycle it. Use it as a secret storage place or a spring board for some art ideas.

This activity explains how to use materials that might otherwise be recycled in order to create a yo-yo.

Collect all those unusable umbrellas and recycle them into an article of clothing.

This lesson plan incorporates art, drama, social studies, and language arts. Students use recycled paper and boxes to create a castle, then use it as inspiration to write and act out their own play. (To access this lesson plan, you must...