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The Waste-Free Lunch
Reusable packaging for school lunches seems like a wonderful and eco-friendly idea; however, some children are being chastised for not following one school's guidelines. This New York Times article engages learners in reading...
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Egg Carton Buggy Mobile
Craft paper, string, and clean egg cartons are used to create super cute bug mobiles. Included are instructions and images to assist you in guiding your class through the process of making these very cool mobiles. The project would be a...
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The Right to a Clean Environment in the United States
Even if a school has gone digital, chances are there's still plenty of paper being used. The three activities help scholars learn about the environmental impact of paper and another consumer products of their choosing, the issue of...
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Wild Moving Lizard Sculpture
Lizards are amazing! After a lesson on reptiles, take a look at this set of instructions. You'll be able to guide your class in making a paper lizard sculpture that moves. This idea also includes variations on the paper technique used...
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Suzani From Bukhara
Students are introduced to the technique of suzani. Using a map, they locate Uzbekistan and trace some people's heritage back to Genghis Khan. Individually, they decorate their own replica suzani on recycled paper and present them to the...
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Garbage: A Puppet's Paradise
Learners make puppets from recycled materials. In this puppetry and recycling lesson, students investigate different types of puppets and their uses. They make puppets using mostly recycled materials such as old socks, CD's, dry lint,...
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Litter Patrol
Learners collect litter. In this recycling lesson plan, students review the term litter and give examples. Learners collect litter at their school. They separate the litter into different categories and discuss if these materials could...
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Paper, Microorganisms, and Biocides
Students study the paper making process and discuss the implications of recycling paper. Students conduct a lab to determine if microorganisms are present in different solutions used in the papermaking process today.
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Think Green
Learners experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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Garbage: Why Don't You Do Something With This Stuff? (Grades 7-8)
Students outline and discuss the steps necessary to tackle an environmental problem. They understand the process of recycling paper and discuss the importance of recycling efforts in fighting environmental problem.
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A Shredding We Will Go
Young scholars take charge of a recycling project . In this environmental issues lesson, students manage a paper recycling project and use compost made from the recycled paper to beautify trees.
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Recycled Treasures
Young scholars develop creative-thinking skills that they will use repeatedly throughout their life. In this early childhood art lesson, students develop creative-thinking, social-development, and language skills, and an awareness of...
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Our Endangered Resources: The Trees
Students discuss the importance of trees, and characteristics of trees. They imagine themselves with their favorite tree. And discuss their imagery; the different trees, time of day, and location of trees. Student write a short story...
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Fan 3: Sort and Color!
Students explore the concept of recycling. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students discover how to recycle and compost. Students complete an activity that requires them to sort recyclable items.
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Earth Day, Every Day
In this Earth Day reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a one page article about recycling. Students then complete 4 multiple choice questions about the story and do 3 matching problems with the vocabulary.
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Don't Forget the Three R's
Students encourage one another in recycling. For this environment and art lesson, students create a new recycling bin that would help people in remembering to recycle.
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It's Not Easy Being Green
Young scholars complete a unit that focuses on their school's waste production. They conduct a litter survey, collect the waste produced in their classroom for a week and generate a waste-audit, and identify how their school can...
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Plastic-Free Is Not Easy
Paper or plastic? Scholars discuss a worksheet containing grocery photos in which consumers were challenged to buy items without plastic wrapping or containers. Learners rank the food items by the need for packaging, such as a banana,...
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Wise Use of Paper
Students explore the paper recycling process. They experiment with ways to conserve and recycle paper products.
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The Flat Stanley Project
Learners read the book Flat Stanley. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students participate in earth-friendly activities based upon the book. This lesson includes ideas such as using recycled paper to make a "paper pal."
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It All Adds Up
Students brainstorm reasons for politicians to expand recycling programs and find statistics to support recycling programs. They design posters, displaying a compelling statistic about recycling, to convince students at their school to...
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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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Edward Burtynsky's Ship Breaking
Seventh graders view Edward Burtynsky's artwork that represents ship breaking. They view images of recycling, the water cycle, rusted metal, and ships to determine factors that threaten the existence of a particular habitat of an...
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Pick It Up!
Students investigate recycling by creating receptacles that can hold trash or recyclable items. In this graphic design instructional activity, students encourage their classmates to help save the environment by using a recycling...
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