Title: Why We Recycle Grade level: 1st Grade Source/Name: Lindsey Hall National Standard: -Science in Personal and

Social Perspective--Types of Resources ACOS: Describe uses of recycled materials. Examples: manufacture of paper products from old newspapers, production of mulch from trees Objectives: Given an anticipation guide and group research, students will develop a recycling plan to use in their homes incorporating the information learned in the lesson to a 90% accuracy. Procedures Materials: Writing Journals Anticipation Guide Markers and crayons Butcher Paper Various items for "Recycling Run": plastic bottles, milk jugs, egg carton, banana peel, aluminum cans, construction paper, newspaper, paper towel roll, potato chip bags, etc. Two boxes for "Recycling Run": one labeled TRASH and one labeled RECYCLE Various Trade-books (listed in the Resources) Pencils

Accommodations: Students with disruptive issues will be arranged into different groups. Students with trouble seeing the board will be moved to the front of the class. Safety Considerations: During the "Recycling Run," students will be instructed to not run, only walk. Engage (5 minutes): Students will be given a recycling anticipation guide. This guide will include true and false statements about recycling and different processes of recycling. The teacher will read aloud each statement on the guide and the students will circle "Agree" if they agree with the statement, or circle "Disagree" if they disagree with the statement. Explore (10 minutes): 1. Students will now research the benefits of recycling. 2. Students will be placed in groups of 3-4 and all given the same information about recycling to research. 3. The groups will read the information and decide on at least five facts they find the most interesting to them. 4. Their notes and facts will be recorded on butcher paper and will be presented to the remainder of the class during the Explain phase. Explain (10 minutes): After the groups have researched recycling and their facts have been compiled, they will then report back to the class their findings. Once their findings have been presented, we will review their Anticipation

Guides completed during the Engage phase and have a class discussion about why recycling is important. Any questions or confusion about the Guide will be addressed during this phase. Elaborate (5-10 minutes): Students will be arranged into 2 groups and will be given a bag of items that are typically found in the trash. The groups will first sort the items in the bags into two groups: recyclable or trash. Once sorted the "Recycle Run" relay will begin. The first group to correctly recycle or throw away the items in their bag will win the relay. Evaluate (5 minutes): Students will be evaluated based on their recycling plan at the end of the lesson. This writing sample will detail jobs the students could assign their family members and themselves at home to recycle instead of throwing everything away. This writing will be recorded in the students' writing journals and will be graded based off a rubric.

Rubric for Recycling Plan Description of Jobs/Plan 3 Included three or more, feasible jobs in the plan 2 Included two, feasible jobs in the plan 1 Included one, feasible job in the plan 0 No job was described in the plan Quality of Information 3 Included three or more methods discussed during the lesson 2 Included two methods discussed during the lesson 1 Included one method discussed during the lesson 0 No methods discussed during the lesson were included Writing Conventions 3 Exception Writing Technique (Line to line, margin to margin, punctuation, capital letters, spelling) 2 On-Target Writing Technique (3 of 5 elements listed above included) 1 Developing Writing Technique (1 of 5 elements listed above included) 0 No Writing Attempted

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Recycling Anticipation Guide

A clean environment is important for living things. There was no garbage in the oceans. The garbage we throw away does not hurt the environment. Garbage is taken to dumps or recycled. Everyday we dirty our environment with pollution. Recycling is when we take our garbage to the landfill. You can turn trash into something useful. Factory wastes are pumped into rivers, lakes, and streams. Food scraps can not feed plants.

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Information for Group Research: Plastic Recycling -US citizens use 4 million plastic bottle every hour! However, only 25% of these plastic bottles are used for plastic recycling. -Every year, a person gets through 90 drink cans, 70 food cans and 107 bottles and 45 kg of plastic. -Plastic waste is sorted out according to its type of plastic, and then recycled.

Metal Recycling Tin cans are 99% steel, with a thin layer of tin added to prevent the tins from corroding. Recycling 1 ton of aluminum can save up to 27 cubic yards of landfill space.

Paper Recycling -One of the recycling fact according to the EPA, is that making paper from recycled materials can result in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution, rather than making paper from wood pulp. -Recycling one ton of paper saves around 17 trees, 463 gallons of oil, 6,953 gallons of water and 3 cubic yards of landfill space.

Glass Recycling -One of the most interesting thing about glass is that glass can be recycled again and again. As it never wears out. Most glass bottles and jars that we use contain at least of the recycled material. -Did you know that, the energy saved by recycling just one bottle can light a hundred watt light bulb for four hours! -Recycling centers sort glass by color, so that the glass pieces and items can be used for recycling. -In France, most grocery stores sell drinks in glass bottles which can be returned to the store for refilling. Other Facts on Recycling -Every year we dispose around 24 million tons of leaves and grass clippings, which can be used by converting to compost to conserve landfill space. -Use and throw bags are a waste of trees (paper bags) or fossil fuels (plastic bags). Not just that, they also contribute to water pollution during their production. Reusable cloth or paper bags are a better alternative to single use bags. -Plant waste like potato, orange, banana peels and grass cutting, leftover food, can quickly fill up the garbage can. This kind of waste can be easily used to make compost, which is a very good fertilizer for plants. -Did you know that, up to 80% of an average car is recyclable? -Taking a shower, instead of a bath can help save around 50 gallons of water! What You Can Do? -First and foremost start sorting out your garbage, and make colorful cans with sign on them. Keeps the signs big and simple. This will make sorting garbage easier. -Paper waste, metal waste, and plastic waste can be given off once in a month or 15 days to recycling centers. Many times you can get money for such type of waste. -Try to conserve your resources, and use them as much as you can before you decide to throw them away in garbage. -Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones. -Avoid using plastic bags, instead use cloth bags. Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/recycling-facts-for-kids.html