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Making Paper
Fourth graders investigate the paper usage in their classroom and in other countries by using estimation, counting, and measurement skills. They make paper from recycled paper.
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Garden Tag
Students create mini "gardens" in recycled clothing boxes. They recycle old seed and flower catalogs and "plant" cut-out flowers in their gardens.
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Kari's Earth Care
Students explore caring for their community. They select an area of a park to clean and collect trash. They place materials in trash bags to recycle plastic, paper, etc. They calculate the amount of items and percentages they collect...
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Tube Construction
Students are encouraged to recycle. They are provided the opportunity to construct a paper sculpture in the round. Students apply recycled products to create their sculpture. They share their creations with the class.
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Worm Posters Presentations and Worm Box Part 2
Students work in small groups to investigate the topic, make a visual aid, and present to the class. They are given the following four topics: Worms and other decomposers, taking care of a worm box, waster and recycling, and...
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Second Time Around
In this recycling worksheet, students read how landfills are being filled up because of the amount of trash each person throws out per day. Students list ways to recycle nine different items. These items include a paper bag, coffee...
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Trash or Treasure?
Students discover why, how, and where they should recycle or reuse what they throw away.
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Compost Columns
In this unit of lessons, students examine the role of compost columns and recycling. They create a KWL chart about garbage in Chicago. They also examine life cycles and packaging of everyday products.
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3 Holiday Projects
Students explore the concept of reusing and recycling everyday materials and make holiday-oriented decorations and gift wrapping. Letters containing environmental issues are composed and sent to political and corporate decision-makers.
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Glass Jar Sand Painting
Students make their own colored sand out of salt or sand and tempera paint. They create sand art in recycled babyfood jars, by arranging layers of the different colored sand. They also decorate the jars.
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Mini-Sanitary Landfill
Second graders work in groups to bury a variety of trash items and arrange them in a mini-landfill. They predict which items will biodegrade and then keep records of what the items look like every ten days. Students consider how...
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Home Survey: What Kind of Energy?
In this environmental awareness worksheet, students become aware of home energy conservation and recycling. Students answer 10 short essay questions about the energy used in daily life.
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Positively Paper
Students discover how paper is recycled. In this recycling lesson, students investigate which types of paper recycle best and are best for the environment.
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Going Green School Campaign
Students explore ways to make their school's interior and exterior environmentally 'green.' In this environmental concern lesson, students work in groups to examine their school's interior and exteriors to make them 'green.' Students...
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Earth Day Theme Activities
Students make recycled animals. In this Earth Day lesson, students use recycled materials to create artistic animals. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Put on a Happy Face!
Students explore using recycled materials. In this ecology/art lesson, students use recycled materials to create a Halloween mask. Students view folk art made of natural and available resources, and discuss possible cultural uses for...
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Tables and Data
For this tables and data worksheet, 4th graders complete word problems based on the tables and data of students recycling cans. Students complete 8 problems total.
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Collocation Pelmanism
Students read and analyze the article, "Lexical exploitation of texts," and become aware of the concept of recycling new words. They practice this concept several times in class before they take on the memory game pelmanism in the follow...
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom: Worms on a bun
Students research worms as being recyclers of nutrients. In this worms lesson plan, students research the worms and create a poster to present to the class.
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Earth Day Worksheet - Counting Twelve
In this Earth Day counting worksheet, students practice counting to 12. They count the number of recycle bins and color the correct number at the bottom of the page. They choose from 10, 11, or 12.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost
Students expand their understanding of solid waste management. They examine the effects of packaging decisions. They study engineering advancements in packaging materials and solid waste management.
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Gettysburg Rocks Recycle to Win
Eighth graders use a geologic cross section to study the rock cycle of the Gettysburg battlefield. In this rock cycle lesson, 8th graders connect the rock cycle and continental rifting.
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Worms! Nature's Recyclers
Third graders explore the process of composting. In this composting lesson, 3rd graders read the book Wonderful Worms, and create composters.
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Talkin' Trash (All About Landfills)
Students investigate the types of waste created by people and identify various options for trash disposal. They read and discuss a handout about what a landfill is and the different types of trash, match types of trash with the proper...
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