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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Once More With Feeling [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this activity, middle schoolers will explore creative ways that materials can be reused. They will then create a commercial to advertise innovative ideas. Follow-up suggestions include having a sale or contacting local secondhand...
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Recycling Survey [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, learners construct a survey about recycling practices in their school and community, then share the results in class and draw conclusions.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Think Green [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore what is involved in printer cartridge recycling, and look at its potential as a school fundraiser.
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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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Handout
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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Activity
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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Handout
Other

Recyclezone: Info Zone: Fight Waste at School

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how you can cut waste at school by following the 3R's: reduce, reuse, recycle. Before throwing it in the trash, see if you can use some of these ideas to help solve the problem of waste.
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Handout
Other

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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Website
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What is the point to recycling? Why should we do it? What is the best way to do it? Check out this eco-friendly reminder.
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Whiteboard
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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Handout
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Recycling

For Students 3rd - 8th
One important biosphere basic is Recycling. Here's a quick look at this topic as well as the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle concept.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Water Recycling Process

For Students 2nd - 8th
This article explains how a siphon works.