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The Environment and You

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First graders examine the human environmental impact and discover ways to lessen effects. They create a pollution damage flow chart and write down what they think Mother Earth might say. They create inventions from recyclable materials.

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recycling, pollution

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pollution, recycling, science
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Grade
1st
Subjects
Science
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21 days
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