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Recycling

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the importance of recycling. In this environmental lesson, 3rd graders will view experiments on water filtration, paper-making, and breathing pollutants, and will categorize recyclable materials.
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What is a Recyclable?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore recycling and how it benefits our environment. In this recycling lesson, students learn to determine if an item is recyclable and sort it into 7 various categories. Students discover how aluminum, glass, plastic,...
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Making Recycled Paper

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the advantages of recycling paper. In this environmental lesson, students produce recycled paper by ripping up paper and putting it into a blender with water to create a mixture. Students use their recycled paper to...
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concept of waste management. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students study the nuances of the terms reduce, reuse, and recycle. Students investigate ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle many...
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Organic and Inorganic Recycling

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars 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...
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Primary Songs about Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars compose songs about recycling. In this ecology lesson, students use vocabulary and concepts related to recycling to generate lyrics for an original song. Young scholars construct musical instruments out of discarded...
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Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. For this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Learners read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....
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How We Can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students evaluate the school's recycling and waste management practices. After analyzing current methods, teams develop a new recycling plan, and create a slideshow presentation. They present their proposals to the principal for...
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Design a Recycling Game!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that recycling is using a product more than once so that natural resources can be saved and so that we won't need so many garbage dumps and landfills. They see that there are different ways to recycle. Students design a...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a recycling campaign. In this recycling lesson, students create an Earth Day display for a local store. Students design a mural as a reminder to people of ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with recycling paper. In this paper recycling lesson plan, students conduct an experiment in which they dissolve newspaper in water and cornstarch to make new pieces of paper. They add color or flowers to the new...
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Nature's Recycling Program

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify what materials make up compost. In this science of recycling lesson, students explain the benefits of composting determine how compost is a good plant fertilizer.
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Solid Waste Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students plan a "no garbage" lunch and hold a classroom contest to sort grabage into what can and what can't be recycled. They assess the importance of reducing the amount of garbage in the environment and set up a book recycling program.
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Cosmic Mobiles: Recycled Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
If you have a little left over tinsel and aluminum foil, your class can create these fun moon and star mobiles. Poster board or recycled cardboard become your moon and stars; the tinsel gives them sparkle. This would be a great activity...
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Sequencing Recycling at our School

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice sequencing with recycling steps. In this sequencing lesson, students discuss how different materials are recycled. Students paste paper recycling in the order it happens and make their worksheet for the steps in...
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The Landfill Loafers Meet the Wise Buys

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover recyclable materials and the proper disposal of those items through Internet research. Working in groups of four, they search the Internet for uses of recyclable materials. After research is complete, they participate...
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Sort and Color!

For Teachers K - 1st
Sorting is a very important skill that can be used in math and even science. Learners get familiar with some environmentally friendly vocabulary terms as they practice separating objects that can be recycled from those that can't. They...
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Save the Earth Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders tellacollaborate with other students around the world sharing their ideas about what earth day means to them. They share ways in which they recycle, reduce and reuse.
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Recyclers to the Rescue

For Teachers 5th
Producers, consumers, food chains, and plants are the stars of this science lesson. Learners take part in an inquiry which helps them to discover the most effective and efficient way to grow a producer. They have a variety of containers...
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Make Your Own Paper

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Learners create their own paper from recycled products. Students describe the steps of the paper-making process, then practice making their own.
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The Effects of Pollution!

For Teachers 3rd
Learners examine pollution and how it affects the environment. They discuss how human activities lead to more pollution. They talk about the importance of recycling. There is a skit, resource links, and activities provided to make this a...
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 6th
Scientists define and discuss decomposition, and watch pumpkins decompose and return to soil in classroom experiment. They record the date the experiment began, chart changes in pumpkins on a calendar, count how many days it takes...
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Eco-Healthy Lunch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan healthy lunches and how to dispose of their lunch waste. In this pre-field trip lesson, students and teachers plan healthy, nutritious lunches to bring on a field trip. They also discuss how to sort their garbage into the...
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Groovin' News Activity Sheet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In these recycling worksheets, learners complete several activities to learn about recycling. Students complete a word search, word scramble, bar graph, pie chart, research project, class project, and individual project for recycling.

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