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Litter From Lunchtime

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore environmental care by participating in a litter identification activity. In this food trash lesson plan, students discuss the destruction litter causes in our environment and ways we can avoid littering ourselves....
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Recognizing Litter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
When does trash become litter? Use this litter awareness lesson to help them understand the importance of trash disposal. Get learners engaged by reading Nancy Loewen's Lady Lulu Liked to Litter (not included). After discussing what...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Good Litter, Bad Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Which ones can be thrown on the ground? Discover the difference between natural litter and unhealthy trash, helping scholars by using several examples. Use the information here to give them a basic background, but also encourage prior...
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Recognizing Litter

For Students Pre-K - K
When is it litter? Help your environmentally friendly scholars differentiate using this visual worksheet. They examine two images: before it becomes litter, and after it becomes litter. The images can be colored in completely, or you can...
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Litter Critters

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Explore biology by conducting an organism search field trip! Young explorers discuss how litter impacts the environment and how some organisms find solace in the trash we leave behind. Several worksheets are included here. 
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British Council

Litter Poem

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What a load of rubbish! Using the resource, pupils listen to a poem about litter pollution and discuss the poem's language. After completing a worksheet about the poem, they write their own anti-litter poetry. 
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Litter Crusade

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Litter, garbage, and pollution are all addressed in a nice lesson on waste and recycling. Learners discuss what litter is and how it affects the environment. Then, they sing a song about eliminating litter before going out on campus to...
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Leaf Litter Ecology Lab

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Some organisms spend their entire lives in leaf litter. The third in a series of six is a great lesson exploring the community of leaf litter. Groups gather and then spread leaf litter over white paper and remove leaves/twigs while...
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Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss and research litter and write an anti litter poem. In this litter lesson plan, students also discuss what they can do to stop litter.
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Litter Patrol

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students collect litter. In this recycling lesson, students review the term litter and give examples. Students collect litter at their school. They separate the litter into different categories and discuss if these materials could be...
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Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discuss the concept of littering and what they do personally to contribute or prevent littering. In this environmental awareness lesson, students create a jingle, or a commercial to promote recycling. Links to some excellent...
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Pick Up a Litter Bit-Earth Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effects of litter on the environment. In this environmental activity, students read the statistics on pollution and identify the effects it has on the Earth. Students develop a plan to clean up their local...
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Layers of the Forest- Leaf Litter

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students conduct an experiment. In this temperate forest instructional activity, students discuss what kind of animal life can be found in the forest. They read The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition and...
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Lesson: Litter Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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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Beach Litter

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a slide show on littering. In this beach litter lesson, students view a slide show about littering. Students develop knowledge about how littering harms animals and how to keep the beach clean.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Nature's Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Become a member of the Pollution Patrol and stand up to litter! After discussing the life cycle of seeds and discussing how plants figure into the food chain, young conservationists engage in several activities involving podcasts,...
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Leaders' Decisions and Actions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Community leaders try to make choices that protect the community and the environment. Little ones learn about how tribal communities look to their chief to guide the decision-making process. Your class will become part of the community...
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When it is Wrong to Belong: Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in a scavenger hunt to find different types of trash items around different environments. They distinguish between man-made litter and natural materials.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Make a Difference!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
We are very dependent upon other life forms around us to survive. Here, scholars explore relationships in the ecosystem with the help of Auntie Litter and the pollution patrol. They imagine a world without grass, making connections to...
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Organizer
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Teaching English: Litter Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this litter/pollution worksheet, students read a poem titled "Litter," then complete a chart matching meanings given to words in the poem, complete short answer questions, answer true/false questions and write their own poem.
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Recycling Litter - Reduce Reuse Recycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Student create their own ways to help the environment. In this recycling lesson, students explore how to identify many different types of waste materials, know what types of waste materials can be reduced, reused, and recycled, and...
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Litter Bugs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars read the book The Warville Wizard about litter, identify litter around their homes and school, and come up with solutions to the litter problem. In this litter lesson plan, students discuss how to be proactive and not litter.
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Scientific Inquiry

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a poster. In this recycling lesson, students discuss pollution and the ways humans negatively affect the environment. Students describe examples of litter or pollution they have experienced. Students collect litter from...
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Neighborhood Litter Watch

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a neighborhood walk and a recorder in each group keeps a list of the trash found. In this littering lesson, students analyze what types of trash were found most often. Students try to find ways to prevent the...

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