Sunshine State Standard

SC.D.2.2.1

Materials

boxes, clean and empty items from home,

What to do

Create a recycling city in the class by having three sections for reduce, reuse, recycle. Have them bring in items from and have them place it in the correct section. Write a paragraph why they believe it belongs in that section. Search the website Recycle city they can find what to do with leftover cleaning products and hazardous waste. Cruise around the recycle city and find all the ips to reduce pollution and waste from cars. Find all the recyclable items in the city. Figure out the percentage of the trash. Find all the ways paper is reduced or reused in Recycle City. SAs a culminating activity, raise money as a class project and use one of the three recycling activities mentioned in the website.

Additional Information

Submitted by

Esther Hernandez

Dade County
Miami, FL
ehernandez@fienberg.net