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Activity and Educational Kits:

Paper Making: Supplies needed are blenders, screens, felt (for pressing), paper and work station buckets

HHW Education: Products and list of HHW and alternatives

HHW Copper Penny Cleaning Kit: Supplies needed are the ingredients to make a non-toxic copper cleaning agent and gloves

Plastic Demonstration Kit: Shows the stages of Plastic Recycling from crushed PET bottles to recycled products.

PreCycle School Lunch Waste Reduction
Gives students suggestions on how to reduce lunch waste and buy SMART

Activity Sheets:

Word Find - Making Recycling Work
Word Find - Caution Household Hazardous Waste
Steel Can Recycle Institute
Word Find - PET Recycling
Cornell Waste Management Institute
- Activities Grades K-3
- Activities Grades 4-6
- Activities Grades 7-8
- Activities Grades 9-12

ReUse Programs:
Freecycle Reuse/Exchange Program

Recycling Education Websites:

Interactive Recycle Game (click in center for game) Fun, interactive game for kids where they can test their "recycling IQ"

Educational Art
This creative web page gives background information on waste and has dozens of creative art ideas.

The Three R's of the Environmental Fact Monster from Information Please (R)

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775891.html

Ollie Saves the Planet
http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/educator/educator.htm


America Recycles Day ( Nov 15th)
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/05cal.html
Download games, activities and information about America
Recycles day for students and teachers

Go Green Initiative
http://www.gogreeninitiative.org/

KinderArt
http://www.kinderart.com/recycle/cardbox.shtml

Art for pre-school and kindergarten aged children

Leaders of Waste Reduction (LOWR)
www.environleader.org
Community recycling projects for kids and ideas for teachers on how to get their students involved in community projects that focus on recycling

Montgomery County Public Schools
www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/facilities/greenschoolsfocus/
Fully developed lessons with social studies objectives for K-5

Scholastic
Scholastic.com
Teachers and kids' resources and environmental issues Lessons for students K-8

Teachers' Aids
www.paperrecycles.org

Napco: PET Recycling
Napco Home Page
PET Recycling Tool Kit

Green-E: Renewable Energy Education
http://www.green-e.org/media_ed

Greener Choices


                 

 

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