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Recycling and Resources
Sixth graders examine ways to conserve natural resources. In this environmental lesson, 6th graders read the book Just a Dream and discuss the natural resources that they recycle. Students brainstorm ways to conserve natural resources...
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Waste Not, Want Not
Pupils determine what materials are able to be recycled. In this environment protection lesson, students read The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle and discuss landfills. They are given an item to decide if it can be recycled. They play...
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Environmental Fair
Young scholars investigate environmental issues. In this environmental activity, students find an object that is considered trash and make something useful out of it. Young scholars present their creative project.
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Waste Reduction Habits List
In this reduce, reuse, and recycle worksheet, learners study the 21 listed tips for waste reduction. This may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Treacherous Trash
Learners recognize the harmful effects people have on the environment. For this environmental lesson, students simulate water pollution clean-up by using tangled objects and untangling them in a cooperative group. Learners identify why...
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Making Something from Nothing
Students explore how to make something out of nothing. In this recycling lesson, students discuss the importance of recycling and what effects their choices could have on future generations. Students create something new out of used...
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Spreading Cheer by Recycling!
Students recycle paper and make greeting cards. In this recycling lesson, students use scraps of classroom paper to make new sheets of paper. They make greeting cards out of the paper and spread cheer to others in their community.
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Nature Tribute
Students explore parts of nature. In this environmental lesson, students discuss how their actions can affect the environment and design a plan to clean up a specified area. Students practice good hygiene during the cleanup project.
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Lesson: Litter Hunt
Students examine the issue of littering. In this waste management lesson, students discover what littering is and how it affects the environment.
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Second Time Around
Students explore how items can be reused. In this recycling instructional activity, students present skits about reusing materials and brainstorm products that can be reused at home, school and in the classroom.
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All About Aluminum
Students examine the metal aluminum. In this metal properties lesson, students experiment to distinguish between aluminum and other metals. Students assess how aluminum is created and recycled.
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Plastic Polymers
Students learn about plastic. In this plastic polymers lesson, students examine the properties of plastic, its variety of uses and how it is recycled.
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Recycled Products Game Show
Learners identify items that may be recycled. In this recycling lesson, students play a game that challenges them to identify words of items that may be recycled.
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Going in Cycles: The Life of an Aluminum Can
Students explore the life cycle of aluminum cans. In this recycling instructional activity, students review the manufacturing process and how to make a closed loop cycle. Students also have the opportunity to present what they've...
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What is Trash?
Young scholars consider what garbage is and where it ends up. In this recycling lesson, students read excerpts from Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little as they consider methods to reduce wastefulness.
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Where Is Away?
Students explore ways to dispose of trash. In this lesson, students discuss where trash goes when it leaves their house and other inappropriate ways to dispose of trash. Students brainstorm ways to produce less waste.
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So Many Cookies...So Much Packaging
Students explore the way packaging is used in the distribution of goods. In this packaging lesson, students investigate how packaging is used, what resources are used to make it and ways it can be recycled.
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Recycling at home survey
Students fill out a survey that asks questions about recycling at home. In this recycling at home lesson plan, students fill in 7 different questions about recycling at home.
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Make a difference
Students figure out math equations based on the recycling of cans and gas consumption. In this recycling lesson plan, students have challenge cards that ask them challenge questions on how to save gas and what a difference recycling can...
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All Wrapped Up
Students explore packaging. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students bring in samples of food packaging and identify the packaging as natural or manufactured.
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Junk Mail Jewelry
Students create jewelry from junk mail. In this visual art instructional activity, students use junk mail to design necklaces and bracelets.
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Take It Apart; Put It Together
Students design various items from recyclable materials. For this environmental friendly lesson, students study the construction of gift bags, envelopes and pocket folders and take them apart to make templates. Students construct their...
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Recycle These in Blue Bin
In this recyclable materials worksheet, students cut out the puzzle pieces and scramble them. Students then put the puzzle of recyclable materials together again.
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Composting
In this composting worksheet, students read an informative paragraph about composting and then respond to 7 short answer questions regarding the topic.