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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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PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Garbage Dreams is a documentary film that follows the lives of the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who have been collecting garbage for a hundred years. But garbage collection has been contracted out to companies who do a poor job of...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Wee Recyclers and Wee Crafts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of educational materials - coloring pages, stories, games, lesson plans, activity sheets, etc. - for young children to learn how to recycle and why it is so important.
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Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Scratch Paper Sketch Pad

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Kids at Art emphasizes the importance of recycling and conservation with this simple way to reuse paper for drawing purposes.
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Other

College of Du Page: Energy in an Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
Ecosystems contain two kinds of commodities: matter (nutrients) and energy. Nutrients cycle through the ecosystem, available for repeated use by organisms. These cycles of use and reuse are called biogeochemical cycles. Energy instead is...
Handout
Understanding Slavery Initiative

Understanding Slavery Initiative: Legacies: Apartheid

For Students 9th - 10th
This article spotlights the National Party of Africa's role in the creation of apartheid, and its reuse as a tool of white supremacy, enforced by successive white minority governments in the Republic of South Africa in the 20th century.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Carbon Cycle

For Students 4th - 7th
The carbon cycle is one of the most important cycles. It is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. This cycle is important because it...
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Read Works

Read Works: Get in the Loop!

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the steps of recycling and tips for reusing and recycling. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Tech in Ctrl: Ethics/copyright: What's Mine Isn't (Necessarily) Yours

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Sharing, reusing, or copying content is so easy that rarely do we pause to think about its original source. This lesson will give students the tools to navigate this often-complicated world of digital media and mass information by...
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: Caption This

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this activity, students learn how to copy an image from the Internet and follow copyright. Images must be in the public domain and free from copyright protection. They can be copied from Google, but they have to be public domain and...
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Other

W3schools: Java Methods

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn why to use methods to reuse code: define the code once, and use it many times.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Tailor

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Megan Hicks uses origami and storytelling to celebrate the ingenuity of a grandmother who reuses a piece of fabric in a number of beautiful ways.
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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.
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Other

Commercial Paving and Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes products, services, and technology incorporated to recycle construction and demolition wastes in order to reduce the amount of waste destined for the landfill.
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Read Works

Read Works: Take Care of Our Planet

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solving the problem of landfills. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Use and Conservation of Resources

For Students 4th - 6th
Looks at how people use natural resources and ways to conserve natural resources in this module. Module reviews over conservation, natural resources, and precycling with explanations, graphs, and pictures.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Classroom Paper Recycling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the engineering design process as they devlop their own recycled paper using everyday materials. The objective of the lesson is to learn how chemical engineers work in teams to develop and improve the manufacturing...
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Discovering the Problem of Solid Waste

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity has students sort garbage, graph their results and propose ways of reducing waste.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Earth Day Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Eekoworld

For Students K - 1st
Interactive website from PBS Kids teaches students age 6-9 about a number of ecological topics and the role they play in protecting the environment. Topics include recycling, the environment, air and water, plants and animals, and the...
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Other

Colts Neck Township Schools: Hands on Technology: Boxes, Bags and Bottles [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Printable classroom-ready worksheets for tallying up and commenting on the waste, reusables, and recyclables associated with packed school lunches. (Reposted to CEED site)
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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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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: North Pole: What Are Some New Materials We Can Get From Natural Materials?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Oscar is on a holiday cruise with his parents to see the North Pole. During this trip, Oscar sees lots of different objects which are made of different materials. Discover facts about these materials, learn about the importance of...
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Other

Water Use It Wisely: Links and Resources for Water Conservation

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive reference page with numerous links to water conservation resources. On your quest to begin your own water preservation program, you can reach clean water organizations, read water conservation tips, research landscape...

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