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US Environmental Protection Agency

Teach English, Teach About the Environment

For Teachers K - 12th
Spread the message of recycling while teaching your English language learners new vocabulary and practicing verb tenses. Included here are four lesson plans for each level (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) as well as accompanying...
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concept of waste management. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students study the nuances of the terms reduce, reuse, and recycle. Students investigate ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle many everyday items...
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Recycling: lesson 4

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create plans in order to reduce solid waste. For this recycling lesson plan, students discuss and come up with plans to reduce consumption, reusing products, recycling materials, and composting and then present their plans to...
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Recycle Lifecycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the recycling process. In this recycling lesson, students read the article The Recycling Process After Collection and discuss the advantages of recycling. As an extension activity, students simulate the molding of...
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How We Can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students evaluate the school's recycling and waste management practices. After analyzing current methods, teams develop a new recycling plan, and create a slideshow presentation. They present their proposals to the principal for...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a recycling campaign. In this recycling lesson, students create an Earth Day display for a local store. Students design a mural as a reminder to people of ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Primary Songs about Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars compose songs about recycling. In this ecology lesson, students use vocabulary and concepts related to recycling to generate lyrics for an original song. Young scholars construct musical instruments out of discarded...
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Mixed Media Messages: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the process of recycling by creating a mock television commercial about recycling. In this recycling lesson, students watch an animated demonstration about recycling and answer content questions. Students play an online...
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Recycling Plastics

For Students 5th - 8th
In this plastics learning exercise, students read about how important it is to recycle plastics and why sorting the recycle materials is important. Students then complete 4 short answer questions.
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Make Your Own Recycled Paper

For Teachers K - 2nd
Paper Lesson Plan - Students discover how paper is made. Working together, they make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is and its importance. Students study the process of how paper is made, and...
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Recycling Activity Book

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this recycling worksheet, students complete the activities in a 19 page activity book pertaining to reducing, reusing and recycling. Included are: coloring, crafts, fill in the blanks, dot to dot, mazes, word search and crossword...
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Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the recycling process. For this recycling lesson, students gain understanding of how garbage is disposed of. Students makes lists of things that can be recycled. Students discuss how animals and plants are damaged by...
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Recycling

For Students 6th - 12th
In this recycling worksheet, students explore what materials can be recycled and the impact recycling can have on conserving resources. This worksheet has 8 short answer questions.
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Solid Waste Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students plan a "no garbage" lunch and hold a classroom contest to sort grabage into what can and what can't be recycled. They assess the importance of reducing the amount of garbage in the environment and set up a book recycling program.
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Save the Earth Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders tellacollaborate with other students around the world sharing their ideas about what earth day means to them. They share ways in which they recycle, reduce and reuse.
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Recycling Superhero Dot to Dot

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recycling superhero dot to dot worksheet, student follow the numbers 1-97 to determine the hidden shape. They read a statement that explains how reducing, reusing, and recycling are good for the planet.
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Waste Not Want Not

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to the need to save natural resources. Through inquiry, hands-on activities, and problem solving, students increase their understanding of solid waste materials and the need to reduce, recycle, and reuse.
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SF Environment

Sort and Color!

For Teachers K - 1st
Sorting is a very important skill that can be used in math and even science. Learners get familiar with some environmentally friendly vocabulary terms as they practice separating objects that can be recycled from those that can't. They...
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The Effects of Pollution!

For Teachers 3rd
Learners examine pollution and how it affects the environment. They discuss how human activities lead to more pollution. They talk about the importance of recycling. There is a skit, resource links, and activities provided to make this a...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop a recycling plan. In this environmental activity, students develop a recycling plan for their school. Students write an outline of the plan to present to their class.
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Recycle and Respect!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how they can be a philanthropist. In this recycling instructional activity, students learn what it means to recycle and discuss why items need to be recycled. Students review the term philanthropy and practice this by...
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Recycling Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the importance of recycling. For this environmental science lesson, students classify materials as recyclable or not. They make posters that promote the benefits of recycling.
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Garbage 2: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students apply what they have learned about throwaway products "and the valuable natural resources from which they're derived" by thinking about where garbage goes after they throw it out. They also examine their own ideas and habits...
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Reuse, Recycle, Reduce Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this reuse, recycle and reduce activity, students utilize a specific website on the Internet to find the answers to four multiple choice questions about what happens to trash when you throw it away.

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