Introduction
Have you ever listened to your trash? Does it speak? What does it say? Trash talks! You've heard it before: reduce, reuse, recycle! You task is to create a life cycle for three different types of trash. After learning about the various life cycles of trash, and how to manage it, choose three pieces of trash that could be reduced, reused, and recycled and create a life cycle for each.
Task
Your task, should you accept it, will entail you to get a bit dirty and do a lot of trash talking!
1. Learn what the three Rs are.
2. Define the three Rs.
3. Provide at least one example for each of the three Rs.
4. Become an expert on the three Rs, and create a life cycle for one of each of the three Rs.
5. The life cycle should include a drawing and words.
6. Last, but not least, stay organized by printing off this note catcher to catch all of your knowldge! http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/blank-3-column-notes-form/
Process
See what trash has to say! Follow the links to become an expert on what trash has to say!
What are the three Rs? http://greenguideforkids.blogspot.com/2008/01/3-rs-reduce-reuse-recycle.html
A fun video with a catchy song to teach you different between all the three Rs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKvGgb3YcDQ
Ideas for how to reduce! http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/reduce/
Ideas for how to recycle! http://www.recycle.co.nz/kids.php
Ideas for how to reuse! http://www.everydayhealth.com/green-health/earth-day-teaching-kids.aspx
Are you a trash expert now? Do you know how trash talks!? Get started on your life cycle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pHav-3QZkI
Evaluation
| Total Points: 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Conclusion
Do you speak trash now!? You can become a local expert for your area! Visit local banks, grocery stores, shoe stores, landfills, and recycle centers to test your knowledge. See how you can help reinforce the three Rs on a local level. Test your knowledge, while taking a risk, and speak for the trash! Take the knowledge you now know and go out into the community and beyond!
Credits
Social Studies:
2.2.2 People in communities manage, modify, and depend on their environment
a. Identify how communities manage and use nonrenewable and renewable resources
e. Describe how the size and the character of a community change over time for geographic reasons
2.3.1 The scarcity of resources affects the choices of individuals and communities
a. Explain scarcity
d. Identify possible solutions when there are limited resources and unlimited demands.
Teacher Page
This page was created by myself, Mrs. S, for my second grade class. We begin the year with our expedition, One Earth One Chance. Students are able to go deeper than just learning what the three Rs are and example of them, however this WebQuest is a perfect introduction to the basics.