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MORE LESSONS FOR TEACHING ABOUT TRASH AND RECYCLING

While surfing the Net to put together this week's Earth Day article, we came across dozens of lessons for teaching about trash and recycling. Click the headlines below to view those lessons. Approximate grade levels for each lesson are indicated in parentheses.

  • Education World's Earth Day Archive of Lessons and Resources (Grades PreK-12)
  • Internet Scavenger Hunt: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Grades 3-8)
  • Reusable Puzzles Art Project (Grades 1-4)
  • Trash Pizza (Grades 4-8)
  • Earth Day Trash Survey (Grades 3-12)
  • The Great Lunch Dilemma (Grades K-12)
  • Reducing Cafeteria Waste (Grades 4-6)
  • The Garbage Diet: A Skit (Grades 3-6)
  • Crossword Recycling (Grades 4-6)
  • Unwrapping Packaging (Grades 4-12)
  • Happy Earth Day Coloring Book (Grades 2-3)
  • The Throwaway Three: A Skit (Grades 4-8)
  • Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book (Grades K-3)
  • Adventures in Waste and Recycling WebQuest (Grades 3-6)
  • The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad (Grades 2-5)
  • The Lorax and Sustainable Development (Grades 3-12)
  • Teacher CyberGuide to The Lorax (Grades K-2)
  • Recycle-Reuse (Grades 5-6)
  • Household Hazardous Waste Identification (Grades 4-6)
  • Recycled Poetry (Grades 3-8)
  • Milk Carton Art (Grades K-3)
  • Recycling Activities (Grades K-6)
  • Recycled Art (Grades 3-8)
  • Worm Bin Unit (Grades 3-6)
  • Composting (Grades 2-8)
  • Compost Lesson Plans
  • "Twice Is Nice" Recycling Contest Idea
  • Trash Transformers: Activity Ideas
  • Environmental Events: Earth Day Activities
  • "America the Beautiful" Map from Recycled Trash
  • Build a Trash City
  • Classic Trash: Build an Edible Landfill (Grades 6-10)
  • Imagination Factory (Grades PreK-12)
  • We're Down in the Dumps (Grades 3-5)
  • Waste Lessons (Grades K-8)
  • Elementary Social Studies Recycling Curriculum
  • Rah! Rah! Rah! Recycle Unit (Grades K-4)
  • Elementary Social Studies Recycling Curriculum (Grades K-5)
  • Art on a Shoestring (Grades K-12)
  • Environment Unit (Grades 3-5)
  • Trashbashers Handbook
  • Recycling Lesson Plans from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Grades K-12) Links last updated 08/13/2010