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Environmental
Education for Schools
Purpose:
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To reinforce the meaning of the
terms recycle and reuse
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To give students the opportunity
to express and share their own ideas about other materials and objects
that can be recycled or reused
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To practice listening and speaking
Procedure:
1. Ask the class to name as
many materials or objects they can think of that are (or can be) recycled
and/or reused. Encourage all ideas.
2. As volunteers give their
answers, write the names of the items on the board, indicating whether
they can be recycled and/or reused. For example: Metal can be recycled.
Clothing can be reused. Accept and write down all ideas, even those that
may seem bizarre or very original.
Exercise # 2
1. Ask students to look at
the list of recycling and reusing ideas on the board, and to think about
what they have learned in the lesson. Then ask them to work individually
and write a list of at least five ways that they as individuals plan to
recycle materials or reuse objects in order to help save the environment.
They may choose from the ideas on the board and/or write new ideas of their
own.
2. Allow students about 5
minutes to write their lists.
3. After students have finished
writing their lists, ask for volunteers to read their ideas aloud to the
class.
Possible Extensions to the
Lesson
1. Students can work individually
or in pairs to create posters to promote recycling, and reusing.
2. Students can work in groups
to create and perform commercials for recycling and reusing.
3. Students can conduct a
survey of 5-10 people asking them questions such as:
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Do you recycle at home? Why or
why not?
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What sorts of things do you recycle?
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How can we get more people to
recycle at home?
Students keep a tally of the answers,
write up a brief summary, and present their summary to the class.
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