Curated OER
Build a Journal
Learners prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
Curated OER
Alligator
Students create a model of an alligator out of clay using both artwork and research to guide their finished work.
Curated OER
The Compost Bucket
Students recognize that plants and soils have a close relationship. They view a photo essay on the common practice and natural process of composting. Afterwards, they observe the process of plant decay over the course of several days.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Health and Fitness: Health Quests: Recipe for Recycling
Use the given sites and worksheet to brainstorm an original invention for a product to be manufactured from recycled materials.
Read Works
Read Works: Your Recycled House
[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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Recycle to Renew
In this instructional activity 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 instructional activity is one from...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Every American Recycling Together Helps
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...
Other
Recycle Runway
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
Other
Great Lakes Recycle: Recycled Products Showcase
This Great Lakes Recycle site allows you see pictures and descriptions of many items created from recycled goods.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Sculpture Activities
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."
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Make a Yo Yo From Recycled Stuff
This activity explains how to use materials that might otherwise be recycled in order to create a yo-yo.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Make Art From Guitar Strings
The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Make a Starburst Wrapper Chain
This how-to guide describes the process of making chains from candy wrappers.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a Balloon Car
With craft and recycled materials, kids can make all kinds of rolling vehicles. Add balloons to make this balloon car and see Newton's laws of motion in action.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Drawing on Kenaf
In addition to describing the texture and uses of kenaf, a tree-free paper made from a plant related to cotton and okra, this tutorial provides a instructional activity in drawing on kenaf and choosing pencils.
Curated OER
How to Make Art From Guitar Strings
The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.