Catalog: Environmental Management Lesson Plan | |
| and it is important that we work to conserve them. Reducing and reusing ... -consumer materials is a crucial step to close the loop in the recycling process ... , including those at IDEM. Objectives To communicate to children the importance ... of conserving natural resources and how effective the process of recycling can ... | |
| Overview This presentation is designed to help students recognize the importance ... our resources, and understand how easy it is to recycle. Materials ... ?" Mini Trash Can You also may want to complete additional activities in which ... case you will need to prepare the materials ahead of time. ... been provided for you, allowing you to cover the standards with an ... | |
| Overview This presentation is designed to help students recognize the importance ... our resources, and understand how easy it is to recycle. Materials ... should prepare the materials you are to bring prior to your presentation. ... questions you may have regarding where to find them or how to use them. Garbage ... through the presentation beforehand to become comfortable with the ... information presented and to identify any alterations you want to ... a rough guideline. You are not expected to get through all the information ... available; feel free to pick and choose which parts to present ... . Younger audiences are more likely to get restless. Be sure to keep them ... entertained. Provide positive feedback to your students as you go. Remember to ... | |
| for the entire class. Purpose: To show students what's in a landfill ... one might find in a landfill. Ask them to name the categories and list them on ... explain the pieces of the garbage pizza to them as the amount of paper, plastics ... etc. that they would find if they were to dig through a landfill. Once you have ... one of them a mini-trash can. Ask them to assign a percentage to each item based ... on how much trash they think it represents in ... the landfill. Give them five minutes to come up with their answers; reveal the ... Discussion/ Follow-up: Ask the students how the actual percentages compared to ... their expectations. Discuss with them how easy it would be to recycle a great ... When recycling, one must be careful to do so properly. Many materials can be ... | |
| money that is given out in grants to local communities to begin or continue ... as at the State Fair, presentations to schools like yours, and for special ... I. Conclusion Next time you start to throw something in to the garbage can, ... stop and check to see if it could be recycled. Look for ... if it is made of plastic.) Remember how important it is to save natural ... resources and how you can help. And don't forget the ... | |
| Activity #2 Sort it! Purpose: To show students how various everyday ... recyclable product written on it taped to their backs and must sort themselves ... only by asking "yes" or "no" questions to their peers regarding their product. ... age group, discuss why it is important to find out what recyclable materials are ... programs and drop-off locations to lower the amounts of contamination. ... they were aware that recyclables had to be sorted to such a degree. Ask them ... | |
| Page 16 of 24 Additional Activity #5 How'd they do that? Purpose: To teach ... a big pile and have students come up to sort the pile into metals, plastics, ... where these products came from and how they are made (see information on ... students into 5 groups.. Give one item to each of the five groups: a newspaper, ... the materials and work with their group to answer the following questions: How ... was this material manufactured or how was it made? What can this material, ... recycled into? Give them 7-10 minutes to work. Finally, have each group report ... on their recyclable item. So, how did they do that? Newspaper: Paper ... cans have a very thin coating of tin to protect the food that is why they are ... back into other steel products such as toys, car parts, and refrigerators. Millions ... | |
| Technology and Science 3.1.8 Describe how discarded products contribute to the ... Uncertainty 3.5.5 Explain that one way to make sense of something is to think of ... how it relates to something more familiar. Models and ... Scale 3.6.3 Explain how a model of something is different from ... the real thing but can be used to learn something about the real thing. ... Technology and Science 4.1.9 Explain how some products and materials are easier ... to recycle than others. Communication ... Skills 4.2.4 Use numerical data to describe and compare objects and events ... Relationships 4.5.4 Demonstrate how graphical displays of numbers may make ... it possible to spot patterns that are not otherwise ... Technology and Science 5.1.6 Explain how the solution to one problem, such as ... | |
| , and natural field settings from space to the ocean floor. The Earth and the ... exist in great quantities. Explain how recycling and the development of ... changed the capacity of the environment to support some life forms ... | |
