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Plastics by the Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate plastic resins and their uses. In this plastics lesson plan, students describe major plastic resins and what they are used for, they compare and contrast the properties of plastic resins and they list products...
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Diversity of Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the uses of trees, For this trees lesson, 4th graders discover the uses of trees and how we use them everyday. Students collect items and decide if they are made from trees, have a scavenger hunt for wood products...
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Earth Day Activities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Earth Day is April 22nd - you can celebrate by incorporating some environmental activities into your curriculum Code: F7G4U8JHCDTD.
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Think Before You Toss

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students sort a variety of trash items and determine thier sorting decisions.
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Not In My Backyard: Siting A Resource Recovery Facility

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students role play a town meeting in which a new resource facility could be built. They have time to question each other after all sides have presented.
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All Wrapped Up

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.
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Stage 1: What is Going into the Bin?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Student can explain the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable. They calculate how much rubbish bags all their families together produce each week and then calculate how much rubbish their families produce during the...
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Animals Abound Pre/Post Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students prepare for or evaluate their experiences in learning about animal persistence. This is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal living, adaptation, and survival.
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Illegal Dumping

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students go on an outing and note garbage near picnic tables. They brainstorm ways to be involved with anti-litter campaigns and write letters to local officials.
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Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study the process of creating paper. They read and discuss a flier and visit centers in small groups to study Paper Fun, Historical Paper, What Paper Is Made Of, and Homemade Paper. After visiting each center, they share...
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We are all Responsible

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students desribe the interdependence between humans and nature and positive behavior with regards to natural resources. They demonstrate respectful attitudes and behaviors with regards to the environment. Students gain knowledge of...
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Greenhouse in a Bottle

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners create models of the greenhouse effect using recycled 2-liter bottles. They discuss how their models compares to the real greenhouse effect the earth experiences.
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Plants and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars study the role of plants in recycling water by collecting water vapor that is emitted, or transpired, by green plant leaves. They collect and measure the water that transpires through the tiny pores of plant leaves....
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The Marshmellow Machine

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners invent a pretend machine. In this technology lesson, students pretend to make a marshmallow machine. Each student acts out a part of the machine and tells what their job is. Learners discuss the importance of technology and...
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Chocolate Chipping Away at the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the different types of rocks. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders compare and contrast rocks and chocolate cookies. They explain how materials are recycled beneath the Earth.
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Presentation of Our Family

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Although there is no real lesson plan included here, you could easily recycle the idea! Get kids using vocabulary related to family, age, feelings, and nationality. Start by teaching basic vocabulary words and phrases (you'll need to...
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Bedtime Book Report

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students, after choosing and reading a book about bedtime or sleeping, identify and create sculptures of the main characters in the book. They design a creative three-dimensional book report with a recycled box to represent the bed their...
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Bejeweled Vase

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students blend while Crayola Model Magic wth color from Crayola Washable Markers. They knead the color into the model magic for desired effect. They apply the model magic to a small recycled plastic containter. They decorate the bottle...
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Countries & Capitals Match-Ups Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students design a matching game in order to study the capitols, flags, and facts about many countries. They decorate a game box and fill it with game cards that contain facts about the countries that they are studying. They use art...
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Magnetic Mazes

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students experience, experiment and observe the pulling power of magnets by making their own magnet amazing maze on recycled file folders or a poster board. They utilize magnets to guide figures around turns, into dead ends and to the...
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The Cycle of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
An educational lesson focuses on the idea of conservation of matter through a demonstration of the water cycle, a discussion of digesting food, and the path of carbon and oxygen atoms as they change form. 
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Plastic Bags

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Paper or plastic? Explore the environmental effects of using plastic bags through mathematics. Learners manipulate worldwide data on plastic bag consumption to draw conclusions.
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Excavating Your Recycling Bin as a Fossil Record

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how scientists examine the past and use rock layers with fossils to understand the past.  In this excavation lesson plan students divide into groups and complete an activity. 
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Recycle Christmas Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students cut out pictures from old christmas cards. In this art lesson, students glue these pictures on paper createing a collage.

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