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Fashion Forward, Fashion Functional
Students consider the implications of waste. For this waste streams lesson, students learn what waste streams are and identify their impact on the environment. Students also recycle waste materials to create functional objects.
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The Environment and Rubbish
Students complete matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions regarding garbage and the environment. Some thought-provoking conversation starters are embedded in the plan which should lead to some meaningful discussion...
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Recycling
In this recycling worksheet, students review what items can be recycled, what is made from recycled items, and how recycling conserves resources. This worksheet has 5 word scramble, 10 short answer, and 5 multiple choice questions.
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Garbage/Solid Waste Disposal
Students examine the problem of solid waste disposal in modern society. They decide on a site for waste disposal. They investigate the many different types of waste that need to be dealt with. They participate in three learning station...
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Recycling and Precycling
Students research how recycling saves energy and raw materials and reduces pollution. They think about the benefits of recycling. Students find ways our buying habits influence the amount of garbage we produce.
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WHAT IS TRASH?
Students examine the difference between recyclables, biodegradables, and the leftover that must be disposed of. They collect the trash which accumulated in the classroom after one day and separate it into three categories.
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It’s Your Trash!
Learners identify the different sections of a landfill. In this ecology instructional activity, students brainstorm ways that they can help in proper trash disposal. They write a reflection journal about their thoughts on the subject.
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Save the Earth, it's Everyone's Home!
Students examine trash for items to recycle and reuse. In this trash lesson plan, students explore how people in the community can use recycled and reused items as they play a recycling game.
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Dumptown, USA: Making a Ton of Difference
Students investigate the recycling system in the United States by participating in an online activity. In this environmental care lesson, students research what makes up our trash output in this country and where it goes. Students...
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Information, Please!
Young scholars examine how aluminum is recycled. In this recycling lesson, students participate in a field trip to a local recycling center to observe the process of recycling aluminum. Young scholars take notes and report their findings.
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Trash Collage
Students create a collage. In this collage lesson, students read a poem from Shel Silverstein and create an illustration to accompany the poem.
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Composting As Recycling
In this environment worksheet, students use a milk jug and worms to demonstrate how garbage can be biodegradable in the right conditions.
Forest Foundation
Waste Not - Want Not
Recycling is the focus in the sixth of a nine-lesson series devoted to forest ecosystems. Class members read an article about the responsible use of natural resources and ways to reduce land fill.
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Recycling!
The students recall events from Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax and make connections to environmental issues affecting their lives. They are expected to reflect on the facts of the story and respond verbally stating the inferences they made...
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Separation Before Plastic Recycling
Students participate in a demonstration to test the different densities of plastics, and suggest a method that plastic waste can be separated and collected.
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The Garbage Patch: Two Earth day Lessons
Students view a seven minute video called Gorilla in the Greenhouse. In this Earth day lesson, students review the history of Earth day. Students work in groups to describe the life cycle of a plastic bag. Students understand that...
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Reduce and Respect!
Students examine how to reduce trash to help the environment. In this environment lesson, students listen to the story, The Wartville Wizard, before thinking about how they can reduce trash. They decide why it is important to reduce...
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Reuse and Respect!
Young scholars examine the concept of reusing trash to save the environment. In this environment lesson, students examine the definition of the word reuse, and apply it by finding ways to reuse trash in their school. They talk about what...
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Plastics: Field Trip - Vancouver Landfill
Students examine the amount of garbage that is produced by the City of Vancouver. In this landfill lesson, students participate in a field trip to the City of Vancouver Landfill. They look at what happens to garbage, recycling, and yard...
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Pollution
Over the course of 10 days, scholars take a pre-assessment to place them in one of three leveled groups. Whole-class and in small groups, pupils take part in read-alouds, field trips, hands-on activities, and complete learning contracts...
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Biodegradable
In this biodegradable worksheet, students explore what happens to buried garbage over a weeks time by burying milk cartons, plastic bags, and more. Students answer 4 questions.
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Learning About Composting
Students can create a compost pile to learn about the decomposition process.
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Landfills: A Solid Waste Management Plan
Students are able to list the types of household waste that they produce daily. They are able to describe some other types of waste that are produced by industry or agriculture to help maintain their lifestyles. Students are able to...
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Solid Waste Takes Over
Students explore solid waste and its effects on the environment. They explain some of the major problems caused by waste disposal and the use of landfills. They suggest ways to reduce the amount of solid waste going into a landfill.
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