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Curated OER

A Community Decision!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate waste management through a simulated role-playing activity. They use a decision chart to organize their presentatioins and justify their decisions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It’s Your Trash!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Curated OER

Alligator

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a model of an alligator out of clay using both artwork and research to guide their finished work.
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Curated OER

Water Density Boundaries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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...
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Curated OER

We Are All Responsible

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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...
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Curated OER

The Compost Bucket

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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.
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Curated OER

Plant a Seed

For Teachers 5th - 6th
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...
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Curated OER

What's In A Name?

For Teachers K - 2nd
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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Recycle to Renew

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Other

Siemens Science Day: Physical Science: Recycled Again!

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Your Recycled House

For Teachers 4th
[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.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Health and Fitness: Health Quests: Recipe for Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the given sites and worksheet to brainstorm an original invention for a product to be manufactured from recycled materials.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Recycled Towers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Every American Recycling Together Helps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 7: The Art of Recycling [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.
PPT
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Be the Change: Recycling and Beyond Story Closing the Loop

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow explaining the steps in the recycling process and how the loop is closed when you buy goods made with recycled materials.
Handout
University of Oxford (UK)

Pitt Rivers Museum: Transformations: The Art of Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
In the age of going green, check out these artworks made of recycled materials.
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Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Art Is More Than a Pretty Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
Handout
Other

Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Recycle for Wildlife

For Students 2nd - 6th
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.
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Other

Great Lakes Recycle: Recycled Products Showcase

For Students 9th - 10th
This Great Lakes Recycle site allows you see pictures and descriptions of many items created from recycled goods.
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Other

Tape Sculpture: Tape Casting Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Recycle Runway

For Students 9th - 10th
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
Handout
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Recycling: Why Do We Recycle? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A two-page handout on the rationale for recycling and what happens to recycled materials in one community.

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