Recycling Lesson Plans/Recycling Thematic Units/Recycling Activities
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Environment
Unit (4) Waste
Not, Want Not (6) To investigate how water is recycled in a small environment and to learn on a small scale how water is cycled on earth. Through this activity, students will understand how we interact with our non-living environment. |
 Bob the Builder: Bob's Recycling Day |
Solid
Waste/Recycling Survey
Students will
investigate what percentage of waste is packaging through collecting, recording,
and reporting data.
Speak
Up For Recycling
Students will plan and
present a persuasive, well-organized speech promoting the establishment of a
school recycling program.
Waste-
Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go? (Grades
K-12)
The students will
identify the various waste materials generated in the school. They will describe
the sequence of collection and the destination of the materials identified.
Litter Detectives (Grades K-12)
The students will
develop a positive attitude against littering. Students will develop solutions
to help reduce littering.
Classroom Paper Recycling (Grades 6-12)
The students will
identify recycling as an alternative to disposal of paper. A method for
determining the cost-effectiveness of a recycling program will be described.
Recycling Survey (Grades K-12)
The student will
become familiar with popular attitudes toward recycling and the practice of
recycling in the community.
Disposal and Recycling Costs (Grades
6-12)
The students will gain an awareness of the costs of waste disposal. The students
will demonstrate that disposal costs may be offset by recycling a portion of
municipal waste.
Composting Project (Grades 6-12)
Creating a compost pile as a classroom project will demonstrate to students that
natural materials can be recycled.
Motor Oil Recycling (Grades 4-12)
The student will gain an awareness that used motor oil is a resource to be
recycled rather than discarded. The student will be able to identify locations
where used motor oil may be recycled.
Unwrapping Packaging (Grades 4-12)
The students will be able to examine product packaging to determine whether
packaging is excessive and whether it is recyclable. The students will be able
to identify waste reduction techniques.
The children will understand that they can reuse materials and reduce the amount of waste that is produced
Buy
Recycled in a Box (K-3)
Students will
develop an awareness of what products are made from recycled material and why it
is important to buy recycled.
The
Mystery Bag (K-3)
Students will
develop a greater awareness of what makes up garbage.
Garbage
Sleuth (Where Garbage Comes From) (K-3)
Identify where
garbage originates. Understand that all living things are responsible for
producing waste in our environment.
A
Rotten Idea (Composting) (K-3)
The student will
learn that some wastes are recyclable by composting.
Composting:
"A Great Way to Rot" (4-6)
Students will learn
how solid waste can be reduced through composting and reused as soil for the
garden.
Waste
Not (4-6)
The students will
affirm the need for recycling after analyzing the waste materials produced at
one meal.
Worm
Your Way into Composting
Waste
Not Want Not Lessons
Unit with lessons and investigations into recycling
Recycle
After playing the Recycle card game three or
more times, players will be able to name all the recyclable items used in the Recycle
card game.
Recycling Internet Resources
Recycler's
World
A resource center for information relating to secondary or recyclable
commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials and collectible items.
America Recycles
Day
Make the pledge to recycle and buy recycled products on November 15.
Earth
Day Groceries Project
Students decorate paper grocery bags and return them to the
store. The decorated bags are then distributed (filled with groceries) to shoppers on
Earth Day.
Internet Consumer
Recycling Guide
Goal is to help make recycling so easy and automatic that it blends
into the flow of everyday life.
Quest of the Ring Leaders
Cyber-adventure providing environmental education on six-pack rings, closed-loop
recycling, entanglement, marine debris, and photodegradability.
Recycle City
Fun, interactive way to learn about the three R's: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Recycling
Ideas
List of ideas for reusing your garbage.
Roscoe's Recycle Room
Designed to teach kids about the importance of recycling and solid waste management.
Recycling
Printouts
Green
Valley Coloring Pages
Five
pages to print out and color dealing with recycling.
Recycling Clip Art
Environment
Clip Art at The Teacher's Guide
Recycling
clip art.
Recycle
It!
Craft
ideas for 10 different household products, many that you can recycle.
Recycled
Crafts
Provides ideas for turning items you would normally throw away into
holiday crafts.
Makestuff.com
Recycling Page
Craft ideas using everything from old film canisters to walnut shells.
Trash
to Treasure
Another site from About.com that collects links to many craft ideas for
everyday household products.
Crafts
from Recycled Products
From Makingfriends.com find neat crafts for empty jars, a photo frame from a
CD, and more.
Recycling Books
Bob the Builder: Bob's Recycling Day
Likeable Recyclables: Creative Ideas for Reusing Bags, Boxes, Cans, and Cartons
Recycling Activities for the Primary Grades
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