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Worm Composting

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss worm composting. In this decomposition lesson plan, 2nd graders look at the anatomy of the worm and how it eats food. They have their own worm bin and review what foods can and can not be given to the worms for...
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Needs and Wants

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate responsible consumer choices. In this social studies lesson, students read The Lorax and discuss wants and needs. Students discuss how to save natural resources by making informed consumer choices.
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Summer Safety Activity: Time to Tidy Up

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students find that cleaning up can be easy. In this early childhood lesson plan, students practice fine motor skills while making their classroom more safe. Students create large storage boxes.
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Look At A Landfill

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how landfills function. In this landfill instructional activity, students explore the use of landfills and the decomposition process by creating a model landfill. Students discuss pros and cons to landfills and how...
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Potato Ways

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils analyze the packaging process. In this consumer awareness lesson, students analyze the process of packaging a potato and identify positive and negative ways of packaging. Pupils study statistics on an overhead transparency to...
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Lesson 12 - Landfills, Leaks and Spills

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students define spill, leaks and landfills and identify the environmental problems caused by them. They complete worksheets and a quiz.
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Environmental Event: Earth Day Activities

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners identify solid waste and water pollution concerns. They discuss how to prevent water and air pollution as well. They describe any behaviors they have that would be considered environmentally irresponsible.
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The Throwaway Three: A Skit

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate how much waste we produce and how we dispose of it.
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Reusing Winter Waste

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing activity, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students understand how...
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Edible Landfill

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate landfills. For this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.
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A Day in the Life of Bottled Water

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars research natural resources. In this environmental lesson, students define what a natural resource is and explore the life of a single-use water bottle. Young scholars create a waste-reduction plan.
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What a Can Can Do

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore the properties of a can. In this aluminum science lesson, students conduct various experiments to identify properties of aluminum. Learners examine the appearance, temperature, and corrosion resistance of aluminum.
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Safe Subs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate ways to reduce use of hazardous materials. In this safe substitutes lesson, students review hazardous wastes used in many homes and possible safe substitutes for these harmful chemicals. Students write and decorate...
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Junk Mail Airmail

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to make a contribution to end the junk mail problem.  In this junk mail activity students collect junk mail, identify the resources used and construct junk mail airplanes. 
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Disposable vs. Reusable, Biodegradable vs. Non-biodegradable

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine and identify biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials. They discover ways in which biodegradable materials can help minimize pollution.
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God's Creation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore religion by analyzing the state of the country. In this American creation lesson, 2nd graders read that God created the world and therefore the United States and all of the beautiful things within the country....
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Anne Frank Diorama

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a diorama of the Secret Annex in which Anne Frank and her family hid during the Holocaust.  In this Anne Frank diorama instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of ideas about the Secret Annex. ...
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I've Been Working in the Neighborhood

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore community helpers. In this social studies lesson plan, students research a variety of community helpers. Students choose a community helper and explain why they would want to spend a day helping that worker.
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Pollution

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate pollution. They discuss pollution and its effects. They create a Venn diagram of pollution and people polluting. They create a landfill and predict what will occur over a week's time. They create two air...
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Digging Up The Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research environmental issues. In this environmental lesson plan, students use the Internet to research an environmental problem and list ten facts about it. Students write a summary of facts.
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I C E ( Ice Cream Experiments) Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make ice cream. They use the experimental process to improve the ice cream working with variables in the recipes.
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Sustainable Agriculture

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students perform an experiment to find out if plants grow best when grown in soil with no fertilizer, with chemical fertilizers, or with compost that they have made themselves. Students discover how agriculture practices can benefit the...
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It's a Wrap

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this problem-solving, action-oriented activity, middle schoolers explore the impact that wrapping paper has on our landfills. Students brainstorm ideas to address the problem and also write an article to educate adults and peers about...
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Dell House Dig

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners experience an archaeological dig exploring off the shore of Black Hawk Island and Wisconsin River. They study in the same place where the infamous Dell House once stood. Dell House and its historical significance is reviewed...

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