Curated OER
A Community Decision!
Students investigate waste management through a simulated role-playing activity. They use a decision chart to organize their presentatioins and justify their decisions.
Curated OER
It’s Your Trash!
Students identify the different sections of a landfill. In this ecology instructional activity, students brainstorm ways that they can help in proper trash disposal. They write a reflection journal about their thoughts on the subject.
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
Water Density Boundaries
Learners create observable layers in water that represent a separation based upon density differences. They model density boundaries using differences in temperature and salinity. They, in groups, perform a meaningful experiment...
Curated OER
We Are All Responsible
Pupils conduct research about the issue of conservation and the environment. They focus upon the interdependence of man and nature. They write and discuss the issue of environmental preservation. Students appreciate the importance of...
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.
Curated OER
Plant a Seed
Students complete a seed and plant growth activity. In this plant growth activity, students read about Lady Bird Johnson and then answer questions about her role in the beautification and the environment. Students participate in a seed...
Curated OER
What's In A Name?
Students analyze themselves as members of the community. They choose a name to describe themselves and explain why they choose the name they did. They identify activities they perform in and out of school to help the community.
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...
Other
Siemens Science Day: Physical Science: Recycled Again!
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.
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.
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Recycled Towers
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.
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...
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 7: The Art of Recycling [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Recycling and Beyond Story Closing the Loop
A slideshow explaining the steps in the recycling process and how the loop is closed when you buy goods made with recycled materials.
University of Oxford (UK)
Pitt Rivers Museum: Transformations: The Art of Recycling
In the age of going green, check out these artworks made of recycled materials.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Art Is More Than a Pretty Picture
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.
Other
Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Recycle for Wildlife
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.
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.
Other
Tape Sculpture: Tape Casting Tutorial
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.
Other
Recycle Runway
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book
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...
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Recycling: Why Do We Recycle? [Pdf]
A two-page handout on the rationale for recycling and what happens to recycled materials in one community.
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