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Recycled Robots

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars create recycled art. In this visual art lesson, students use recycled products to assemble robotic pieces of art. Young scholars also write stories about their robots.
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Recycled Racers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research automobile operating systems in relation to racing. They design and construct vehicles from recycled material which they race to study the concept of propulsion.
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Go Fish! Fish or other Sea Creature from Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create a unique, 3-d sculpture of a fish out of recycled materials. They brainstorm, what a fish looks like. Students research what fish look like. Also, students make sketches of their fish. Students write a reflection of...
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Recycle City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in an online game to explore many types of recycling programs and their varied effects. Students explore their city's recycling programs and compare them with those they discovered online.
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The Akron Global Polymer Academy Lesson Plan Format

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify types of garbage that will decompose quickly and the ones that do not.  In this decomposing lesson plan students observe and record the photo degrading of six pack rings. 
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the differences between: reduce, reuse, and recycle by performing hands on examinations. They list what would happen to the soil if we allowed the earth to wash away and briefly discuss the meaning of erosion.
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Recycling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars study recycling. Group members conduct an experiment by making recycled paper over a four day period. If possible, your class will also take an excursion to a local recycling center.
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3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the effects of packaging decisions and the engineering advancements in packaging materials and waste management. They observe biodegradation in a model landfill.
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Recycling at home survey

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
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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Recycled Greeting Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students create greeting cards from recycled products. They research how paper is recyled and the history of paper. They write free verse and create their own recycled paper. They use Microsoft Word to write their final drafts of verse...
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Milk Carton Houses

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Create a village and learn about recycling at the same time! A materials list is included, as well as instructions for what you need to do to create a recycled carton village with your kids. Two great book links are included.
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Cool Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore inventions and inventors, focusing on the French-Candadian inventor of the snowmobile Joseph-Armand Bombardier. They brainstorm a list of inventions still to be created and then create their own invention from recycled...
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Note Cards

For Teachers K - 6th
This is a very simple idea, learners make note cards or stationery out of their recycled art work. Note: I have done a version of this, where I've had my special needs learners paint on card stock or watercolor paper. I then cut each...
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Bright Holiday Ornaments

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students, after researching what symbols are used at various holidays around the world, turn recycled CDs into breathtaking holiday ornaments. They create family keepsakes that will last for generations to come as well as give as gifts...
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The Recycle Games

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars play a series of Recycle Games which provide great exercise while teaching about the importance of recycling. They participate in relay races and games that make use of recycled materials and other "trash."
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In Search of Reused and Recycled

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify recycled and recyclable products by reading their packaging They understand the impact of solid waste on landfills and relate the idea of conserving natural resources to the importance of recycling and buying recycled...
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Recycling - A Job Everyone Can Do

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars research recycling effort that take place in the US. They play an online game and complete handouts using Internet research.
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School-Wide Recycling

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners investigate recycling. In this environmental lesson, students design a recycling program for their school. Learners collect data about how much recyclable materials they use in one week. Students also survey classmates about how...
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What Should I Recycle?

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss a plan to minimize waste. In this waste management lesson plan, 1st graders read "Why Should I Recycle," by Jen Green and create a classroom recycling plan.
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners complete a variety of activities designed to encourage them to explore recycling. They complete a quiz and worksheet, sort recyclable items and discuss how recyclable goods are identified.
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Recycle! Recycle! Recycle!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate recycling and reusing. They view an online video, create an recycled art collage using picture files in Inspiration software, and write a choral poem about recycling.
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Recycling With Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils create works of art from recyclable materials. In this visual arts lesson, students investigate works of art created from recyclable materials. Pupils choose an emotion to convey and then create an art piece from materials provided.
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Recycling and Resources

For Teachers 6th
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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Lesson 8, Recycling

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners examine recycling. For this environmental stewardship lesson, students practice persuading others to recycle as they collaborate to prepare small group skits. Learners discuss the issue and write reflections about the experience.

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