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1. TH E 3 R' s OF THE ENVIRONMENT: EDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

2. OBJECTIVES @ The students will understand what waste is and how it affects our environment. ® The students will be able to discuss the meanings of reduce, reuse, and recycle. ® They will also learn ways to apply the three R's to their everyday life at school, at home, and in their community.

3. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS @ What is waste? @ How does waste effect our environment? ® What does it mean to reduce? ® What does it mean to reuse? @ What does it mean to recycle? ® What ways can we help our environment and reduce, reuse, and recycle?

4. WAST E ... Is anything discarded, rejected, surplused, or released into the environment in a manner that could harm our environment. @> Also referred to as litter. @ Waste uses up valuable natural resources a habitats for animals, as well a · of disposal adequate for landfills. @ Also makes for an unhealthy environment people and animals to live in.

5. REDUC E ... Using less of something or making something smaller results in a smaller amount of waste. @ Ex: buying in bulk, making smart packaging decisions, use durable items rather than disposable items

6. REUS E ... - Re use materials in their original form or pass aown to a friend to reuse. E x: reuse cups instead of disposable ones, instead of replacing something when it breaks just repair it, donate items to a charity instead of throwing them away.

7. RECYCL E ... @ This is when you save and take reusable materials to places where they can be remade into the same product or into new products e u e [2[1(slf (s [s : , o \ , - - 1

8. THINGS WE SHOULD ALWAYS RECYCLE... Oil Paper Plastic bags Plastic bottles Steel cans Tires White goods (appliances) Wood Writing/copy paper Aluminum cans Building materials Cardboard Electronic equipment Glass (bottles and jars) Magazines Metal Newspaper Yard waste

9. ACTIVITIES Start a compost pile at the school. @ Add recycle bins in the classroom labled : glass plastic paper aluminum @ Make a mural of a big blue sky and their ideas of what a better environment is and ways they will make it happen. @ The students will use a computer to make their labels and get some pictures to add to the mural.

10. TEKS b.1B - learn how to use and conserve resources and material s . @ b.3A- make decisions using information b.3B- discuss and justify the merits of decisions; and b3C- explain a problem in his/her own words and identify a task and solution related to the problem. Technology Communication.The student formats digital information for appropriate and effective communication. use font attributes, color, white space, and graphics to ensure that products are appropriate for the defined audience;

11. WEBSITES @ http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/cwp/ view.asp?a=3&q=464803&justforkidsNav ® http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/ @ http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm