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Uen: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lesson PlanUen: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lesson Plan
Publisher
Utah Education Network
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3rd
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Social Studies & History
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1120L
Lesson Plan

Uen: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Activity provides ideas for how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Concepts

natural resources, recycling

Additional Tags

utah education network, recycling and reusing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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