Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Recycling Greywater: Can Plants Tolerate It?
Water is a valuable resource many often take for granted. This exercise however gives you the opportunity to learn about and discover how greywater (water that has been used for washing or bathing) can be used for watering ornamental...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle O Logy Card
Turn over this interactive OLogy card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Other
42 E Xplore: The Topic: Recycle Reduce Reuse
Here you can find an abundance of information, definitions, links, and other resources pertaining to recycling, reducing, and reusing.
Next.cc
Next: Recycling
Multiple activities explore and explain the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling. Click on one of the links provided for further information.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 7: The Art of Recycling [Pdf]
Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Recycling and Beyond Story Closing the Loop
A slideshow explaining the steps in the recycling process and how the loop is closed when you buy goods made with recycled materials.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Classroom Paper Recycling
Students learn about the engineering design process as they devlop their own recycled paper using everyday materials. The objective of the lesson is to learn how chemical engineers work in teams to develop and improve the manufacturing...
Other
Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Recycle for Wildlife
We throw away so many things on a daily basis. Why not find creative ways to recycle and reuse them? 45 ways you can make different items by using recycled materials are provided here.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy and Recycling
Explains what recycling is and lists interesting facts about it.
Other
Container Recycling Institute: A Behind the Scenes Guide to Things We Buy [Pdf]
A one-page information sheet on the costs of not recycling drink containers, actions one can take to reduce such waste, and some websites with more information. The information is from 2004 but still useful for a discussion of this topic.
TESL Journal
Internet Tesl Journal: Ten Games for Recycling Vocabulary
10 classroom activities that help students practice (recycle, reuse, review) vocabulary they've previously learned. Includes variations of well-known games, e.g., Pictionary, Taboo, Bingo, Outburst, and others. Instructions are provided...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Recycling
This lesson plan site focuses on defining recycling, identifying recyclable materials, categorizing recyclable materials, understanding the importance of filtration and identifying the recycle symbols.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
In this lesson, students will use the song "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson to develop ideas about how to "green" up their own classrooms; they will learn two songs (written to the tune of old classics) that will inspire them to brainstorm...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Hero Elementary: Aj's Recycle Rescue
Children assist in a virtual park cleanup then use the items they find to create various objects that improve the park.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Waste Minimization
Where does trash go when you throw it away? Is there really an 'away?' Watch a video about trash and conduct a waste audit at your school to see how much waste is produced, what types, and what goes into producing it. Then see what waste...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Trash to Treasure!
Student teams use the engineering design process to create a useful product of their choice out of recyclable items and "trash." The class is given a "landfill" of reusable items, such as aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, juice boxes,...
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 Kids: Biosphere: Recycling
One important biosphere basic is Recycling. Here's a quick look at this topic as well as the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle concept.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Recycling Quiz: Primary [Pdf]
This recycling quiz for primary students is helpful for promoting discussion. Answers will vary depending on the recycling programs in your area.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Recycling
Kids learn about recycling and how it helps the environment. What can be recycled and how recycling works for teachers and students.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Recycling Quiz [Pdf]
This recycling quiz for Grade 4 and up is helpful for promoting discussion.
Other
Think Green: Think Waste Management
Find out how waste can be recycled and what you can do to aid recycling efforts in your community. With complete overviews of the types of materials that can be recycled: e-waste, paper and cardboard, metals, glass, plastics,...
PBS
Pbs: Independent Lens: Garbage Dreams
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...
Practical Action
Practical Action: Plastics Challenge
This is a challenge for students to develop solutions to the problems caused by plastic waste globally. They will learn about how plastic waste impacts people around the world, the different types of plastic, how they are each used, how...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
What is the point to recycling? Why should we do it? What is the best way to do it? Check out this eco-friendly reminder.
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