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Recycling Revolution: Recycling Facts

For Students 1st - 9th
Lists facts about recycling aluminum, paper, plastic, and glass, and about solid waste and landfills.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Sail a Boat Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An hands-on lesson where students create a wind powered boat with their knowledge of reusing, recycling of materials, and wind power.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
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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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Container Recycling Institute: A Behind the Scenes Guide to Things We Buy [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A one-page information sheet on the costs of not recycling drink containers, actions one can take to reduce such waste, and some websites with more information. The information is from 2004 but still useful for a discussion of this topic.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan site focuses on defining recycling, identifying recyclable materials, categorizing recyclable materials, understanding the importance of filtration and identifying the recycle symbols.
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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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Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Recycling Survey [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students construct a survey about recycling practices in their school and community, then share the results in class and draw conclusions.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Hero Elementary: Aj's Recycle Rescue

For Students 3rd - 5th
Children assist in a virtual park cleanup then use the items they find to create various objects that improve the park.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Land, Waste, and Cleanup Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is loaded with information on solid waste and hazardous waste. It includes industries' effects on the environment, waste programs, treatment, control, pollution prevention, recycling, and cleanup programs.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Recycling

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about recycling and how it helps the environment. What can be recycled and how recycling works for teachers and students.
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Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Recycling Quiz [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This recycling quiz for Grade 4 and up is helpful for promoting discussion.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Sail a Boat

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In the Curious George video Junky Monkey, George sees treasures where others see trash. He transforms his junk collection into a masterpiece- reusing and recycling items from the street. Will the mayor declare George and his friends the...
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Keep America Beautiful: How Will You Keep America Beautiful?

For Students 9th - 10th
An umbrella organization with hundreds of affiliate groups across the United States, whose goal is to educate and motivate people to reduce their litter by recycling, reusing, disposing of things properly, and by changing their consumer...
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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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Geographypods

Geographypods: Patterns and Change: Patterns in Resource Consumption

For Students 11th - 12th
This collection of three learning modules looks at issues related to resource consumption. It examines theories about how population size affects consumption, the changing patterns of energy consumption, and ways to minimize consumption....
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on Waste Reduction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how waste is managed in Alberta and the systems in place to practise the four R's (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover) of waste management.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Recycle Reduce Reuse

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on the 3 R's-recycle, reduce, and reuse.
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Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Make a Yo Yo From Recycled Stuff

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity explains how to use materials that might otherwise be recycled in order to create a yo-yo.
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TESL Journal

Internet Tesl Journal: Ten Games for Recycling Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
10 classroom activities that help students practice (recycle, reuse, review) vocabulary they've previously learned. Includes variations of well-known games, e.g., Pictionary, Taboo, Bingo, Outburst, and others. Instructions are provided...
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City of Phoenix: Recyclesaurus Activity Book [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity book teaches about reducing, reusing, and recycling materials. Students can decode words, color, do a word scramble, and learn how to compost. Written in both English and Spanish.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Be the Change: Waste Minimization

For Students 3rd - 5th
Where does trash go when you throw it away? Is there really an 'away?' Watch a video about trash and conduct a waste audit at your school to see how much waste is produced, what types, and what goes into producing it. Then see what waste...
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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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Read Works

Read Works: Too Much Trash

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about recycling to reduce trash in landfills. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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