PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George: Sail a Boat
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...
PBS
Idaho Public Television: Garbage: Games
A collection of links to activities and games about garbage, recycling, and waste management.
PBS
Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams
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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: A Day to Celebrate Our Planet Earth
Students will compare an informational text versus a narrative text about Earth Day. Included in this lesson are videos and pictures of the lesson in action, a printable Earth Day Venn Diagram, and a recycling activity.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Vermicomposting: How Worms Can Reduce Our Waste
Nearly one third of our food ends up in the trash can. Matthew Ross details the steps we can all take to vermicompost at home, and why it makes good business sense to do so. [4:29]
Utah Education Network
Uen: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Activity provides ideas for how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Practical Action
Practical Action: Plastics Challenge
This is a challenge for students to develop solutions to the problems caused by plastic waste globally. They will learn about how plastic waste impacts people around the world, the different types of plastic, how they are each used, how...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Martha's Stem Stories Activity Plan
Welcome to Martha's STEM Stories! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. You may already know that doing STEM means testing ideas, collecting data, making calculations, and drawing graphs and charts-but you...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Wee Recyclers and Wee Crafts
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Let's Make Music!
Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Explorations: Kids' Environment Report Card
Cast your vote on the important environmental issues. Associated with each issue, there are at least three links to sites which can further your understanding of the issue. To encourage others to respect the environment, you can also...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book
Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Decomposition Processes of a Plant
Young scholars observe the decomposition of a pumpkin under controlled circumstances in a classroom. This can be used to lead discussions on recycling, trash, composting, or life cycles.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Bottle Biology
This activity book explores science and the environment through soda bottles and other recyclable materials. Sections include bottle basics, decomposition column, kimchee (fermentation), soil meditations, predator-prey column, TerrAqua...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Epa's Environmental Education Center
A collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages about environmental issues. Topics include acid rain and air pollution, ecosystems, human health, waste and recycling, conservation, and water-related concepts and issues.
SRI International
Performance Assessment Links in Science: Discovering the Problem of Solid Waste
This activity has students sort garbage, graph their results and propose ways of reducing waste.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A Better Community [Pdf]
"A Better Community" is a one page, fictional reading passage that focuses on recycling. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes skills such as sequencing,...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Recycle Center [Pdf]
"The Recycle Center" is a one page, nonfiction passage about students who, with the help of a nearby church, started a monthly recycling center for the community. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence...
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 2: Going With the Flow [Pdf]
The article "Going with the Flow" is about water pollution and recycling. It explains what causes problems and what we can do about them.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Really Happens to the Plastic You Throw Away?
Emma Bryce traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles, shedding light on the dangers these disposables present to our world. [4:07]
Other
Carbon Footprint: Co2 Reduction: Recycling
Use this site to see why recycling is so important. Learn how to reduce and reuse products to help lower your carbon footprint.
Other
Recycle Utah: What Is a Recyclable? Que Es Reciclaje? [Pdf]
This lesson plan is designed for Spanish students, to help them develop vocabulary and concepts for discussing recycling.
Other
Bc Heritage Websites Prog: A Visit to a B. C. General Store: Product Packaging
Learn about the history of product packaging which began in the sixteenth century. Test you knowledge on product packaging and reuse in the 1800s.
Other
Clean Japan Center: Recycling
Japanese content for elementary students. Helps younger children explore environmental issues. Topics include recyling, ozone destruction, global warming, and stewardship of natural resources. Good illustrations. Also includes reading...