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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Recyclign Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students integrate the concept of recycling in to an aerobic activity. After being divided into two classes of students; recyclers and litterers, students participate in activities related to their designation. Students practice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Think Green

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students 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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Interactive
Curated OER

Earth Day Activity: I Should, I Should Not

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Earth Day should/should not learning exercise, students complete sentences about earth day, billing in blanks with either "I should" or "I should not, then use a word bank to write 5 sentences about a picture of children picking...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Lakes at Stake

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore conservation of the Great Lakes. In this geography and ecology lesson, students identify the Great Lakes on a map and view a video depicting the history and importance of these lakes. Students work in groups to research...
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Lesson Plan
Captain Planet Foundation

Worm Your Way Out of This

For Teachers 3rd
How can you provide healthy soil for your garden? Study worms, bacteria, and other microorganisms in a lesson about decomposition and organic compost. After discussing what you know about worms and watching a video, watch what worms do...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Mini Worm Habitat

For Teachers 3rd
Students explore the process of converting organic waste into usable fertilizer. They observe how living and nonliving things interact with one another by making a mini-worm habitat.
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Activity
PBS

Idaho Public Television: Garbage: Games

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to activities and games about garbage, recycling, and waste management.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Garbage Dreams is a documentary film that follows the lives of the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who have been collecting garbage for a hundred years. But garbage collection has been contracted out to companies who do a poor job of...
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Interactive
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Dumptown Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
This fun game helps students learn ways to recycle, reduce waste, and compost. You can also create your own Recycle City Scavenger Hunt.
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Recycle Roundup Action Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sort as much trash as possible in two minutes. Guide the character around the park to pick up items, such as a apple cores, water bottles, and boxes, and take them to the correct bins. There are bins for recyclable, non-recyclable, and...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Litter Critters Learn to Sort and Recycle

For Students 1st - 6th
Learn the basics of recycling with the Litter Critters! Kids will sort trash into four different litter categories: recyclables, compost, electronic waste, and landfill waste. In Easy Mode, users sort trash into one category of litter at...
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This reading game offers young readers the opportunity to correct word order of a sentence so that it makes sense. They click and drag words in the correct order into the sentence. Then they are to drag a piece of trash into the recycle...
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This reading game offers young readers the opportunity to correct a sentence and clean up trash on the seashore. They are to click and drag words in the correct order into a sentence so that it makes sense. Then they are to drag a piece...
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Game: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Help Wellington the sea turtle clean up the trash in the sea in this interactive game. Pick up one piece of trash by arranging the words into a complete sentence that makes sense. Keep playing until all the trash has been placed into the...
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Game: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive game where students rearrange words to create a complete sentence that makes sense. Each time the words are put into the correct order, students can help a sea turtle named Wellington pick up one piece a trash and put it...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Cyberchase: Space Waste Odyssey

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fly through cyberspace collecting and sorting trash.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Game: Does It Make Sense?

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Put the words into the correct order to create complete sentences that make sense in this interactive game. Each time a sentence is ordered correctly, a piece of trash can be placed into the recycle bin. Complete enough sentences to help...
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Interactive
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Planet Protectors: Activities for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Through this EPA resource, explore your environment and discover the animals, plants, air, and water around you. Learn how to protect the world we live in with fun games.
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Other

Recyclezone: Fun Zone: Is Your Brain Full of Rubbage?

For Students 3rd - 5th
This educational website offers a self-assessment quiz on the best ways to reduce waste. It also offers a variety of activities in addition the quiz, including games, extended research, and teacher resources.