Recycling
Background information
Recycling
is the process of separating, collecting and remanufacturing or converting used
or waste products into new materials. There are several reasons why recycling
is so important. It saves energy, land space, money, reduces air and water
pollution, preserves habitat for wildlife, and creates new jobs for people. In
addition, there are many ways to produce less waste: 1) Reduce the amount and toxicity of trash you throw
away. 2) Reuse containers and products. 3) Recycle as much as possible and buy products with
recycled content. In this lesson, students
will have an opportunity to investigate how to recycle, the types of recycle
materials, benefits of recycling, and hazardous waste recycling.
How to
recycle
Recycling
guide: This website provides tips and advice on how to recycle almost anything, including
news and readers' comments.
Department of Environmental Services, City and County of Honolulu : This website provides services,
including the wastewater from our drains, the trash and
green wastes from our homes and lawns, along with debris washed from the land
by storm water.
57 Ways: This website describes a variety of
practical steps we can take to protect our health, our family's health, and the
small piece of the planet that we call home.
Mass DEP: This website provides information about clean air and water, the safe management of toxics and
hazards, the recycling of solid and hazardous
wastes, the timely cleanup of hazardous waste
sites and spills, and the preservation of wetlands and
coastal resources.
Recycling Materials
Benefits-of-recycling: This
website presents well-researched information on the topic of recycling and the benefits
of recycling.
Mt.gov: This is Montana’s official state website, it
provides information in order to protect, sustain, and improve a clean and healthful environment to benefit present and future generations.
Benefits of Recycling
DHEC’S Office of Solid Waste, Reduction & Recycling:
This website provides technical assistance and
education/awareness programs to local governments, schools and the public
regarding solid waste and recycling issues. The office also offers several
grant programs to local governments, schools and colleges/ universities.
Cal Recycle: This
website is designed for California consumers, businesses, recycling and
waste-hauling industries, nonprofit organizations, educational facilities, and
others.
Hazardous waste recycling
Earth911:
This
website guides local resources including recycling centers, on how
to recycle, prevent pollution, and how to protect the environment.
Local hazardous waste management program in King County,
Washington: The
mission of this website is to protect and enhance public health and
environmental quality in King County by reducing the threat posed by the
production, use, storage and disposal of hazardous materials.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency: This
website addresses outstanding solid and hazardous waste
management concerns and participants, as appropriate, in the national deliberations
on reauthorization of the hazardous waste program.
Activities
Common Core Standard
Reading
Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6–8
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
9. Compare and contrast the information
gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that
gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Teachers can plan
scavenger
hunts and the clean-up activities through recycle city. All of the games and locations have been
designed to make it easy for a teacher to set different goals that can match up
with lessons being taught in class.
2.
Recycling lesson plans for grade 4-6th
Common Core Standard
Grade
4
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Grade
5
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Grade
6
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Mathematics
Measurement and Data ( 5th grade)
Geometry(6th grade)
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Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate
volume to multiplication
and to addition.
4. Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic
in, cubic ft, and improvised units.
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Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area,
surface area, and volume.
2. Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional
edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction
edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by
multiplying the edge lengths of the prism.
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Science
Craft and Structure
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6. Analyze the author’s purpose in providing
an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing
an experiment in a text.
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Writing
Text Types and Purposes
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1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point
of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and
create an organizational structure
in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s
purpose.
b. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in
addition).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the
opinion presented
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1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point
of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an
opinion, and create an organizational structure
in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s
purpose.
b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts
and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses
(e.g., consequently, specifically).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section
related to the
opinion presented
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1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and
relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence
clearly.
b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence,
using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or
text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships
among claim(s) and reasons.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from
the argument presented.
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