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Grade 3

SWA Classroom Presentation Pre Lesson Plan

Objectives:1) Students will understand theneed to protect naturalresources.2.) Students will gain anunderstanding of theenvironmental benefits ofrecycling.3.) Students will write aninformative and motivationalsong or commercial aboutrecycling.

Sunshine State Standards:Science:Processes that Shape the EarthStandard 2: Benchmark 1:Knows that reusing, recycling,and reducing the use of naturalresources improve and protectthe quality of life.

Language Arts:WritingStandard 2: Benchmark 3:Writes for a variety ofoccasions, audiences, andpurposes.

Materials:1) Illustration of Transfer

Station2) Pictures of recyclables

Time:45 minutes

Evaluation:Assess students’ understandingof the material presented byquestioning them throughoutthe lesson.

Review the songs andcommercials performed by thegroups.

Review the students’ stories.

Homework:Ask the students to write acreative short story about analuminum can that gets thrownin the garbage instead of placedin the recycling bin.

Background for Teachers:

The garbage from your home, apartment or townhome iscollected by garbage trucks and taken to one of five transferstations located throughout Palm Beach County. At thetransfer station, garbage is transferred onto large semi-trailer trucks. The large trucks can hold 4 truck loads of thesmaller ones. (This procedure allows the smaller trucksmore time on their route, it reduces traffic on the highwayand saves fuel.)

After the garbage is loaded into the larger trucks, it isdriven to the Solid Waste Authority of Palm BeachCounty’s Waste-to-Energy facility in West Palm Beach.The lightweight garbage is shredded and burned so that itcan be used as a fuel source to generate electricity. Theashes leftover from the burning process are placed in asanitary landfill along with any unburned garbage.(Sometimes people say that garbage goes into a dump;however, dumps are no longer used because they werenot environmentally-friendly. State and federal regulationsrequire landfills to have many environmental protectivesystems installed and maintained. In addition, the landfill ismonitored on a regular basis.)

The landfill is filling up rapidly because so many peoplethrow away a lot of garbage. One way to stop the landfillfrom filling up is to recycle as much of the garbage aspossible. Right now in Palm Beach County, the followingitems are recyclable at home:

Place in the recycling Place in the recycling

bin for containers: bin for paper:

aluminum cans newspapers aluminum foil magazines aluminum trays catalogs glass bottles & jars phone books milk cartons brown paper bags juice cartons corrugated cardboard drink boxes all plastic containers

Procedure:

1. Elicit responses from students as to what they threw in the garbageyesterday or this morning. Focus on items that could have been recycled.Explain that everyone throws away garbage everyday and all together inPalm Beach County, we throw away approximately 2,500 tons (5,000,000lbs.) of garbage in one day. That is enough to fill an entire football field fromone end to the other. Consequently, the landfill is filling up quickly.

2. Discuss how garbage is processed in Palm Beach County (refer tobackground section).

3. Discuss the importance of recycling as a method of protecting theenvironment because it saves resources, saves landfill space and savesenergy.

4. Ask the students the following:(1.) Why it is important to protect natural resources?

(2.) Why is it important to stop the landfill from filling up quickly?

(3.) Why is it important to recycle?

5. Tell the students that we can recycle many things. Show pictures ofrecyclables that are accepted in Palm Beach County’s recycling program(refer to enclosed pictures.)

Explain to the class that the next activity will be a group activity.

Divide the class into groups and assign them the task of writing a song about

recycling and recycling right. Or, assign them the task of making a television

commercial to encourage others to recycle. Allow students 10 minutes for

the activity. Ask each group to perform their song or commercial in front of

the class.6. Tell the students that for homework they will write a creative story about

aluminum can that was thrown away in the garbage instead of placed in arecycling bin. Explain that they should give the aluminum can humanattributes so it can think and talk in the story.

PICTURES OF RECYCLABLES

plastic soda bottle

plastic bottle

aluminum foil

juice carton

PICTURES OF RECYCLABLES

corrugatedcardboard box

Newspaper

catalog

brown paper bag

CATALOG

CATALOG

PICTURES OF RECYCLABLES

magazine

plastic jug

telephone books

aluminum can

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Magazine

PICTURES OF RECYCLABLES

plastic bottle

milk carton

glass jar

aluminum foil tray

PICTURES OF RECYCLABLES

green glass bottle

clear glass bottle

brown glass bottle

drink box

Grade 3

SWA Classroom Presentation Post Lesson Plan

Objectives:1) Students will review the itemsthat are accepted in PalmBeach County’s recyclingprogram.2) Students will gain anunderstanding of how recyclingconserves natural resources.

Sunshine State Standards:ScienceHow Living Things Interact withTheir EnvironmentStandard 2: Benchmark 1:Knows that all living things mustcompete for Earth’s limitedresources.

Materials:1) “Think Fast” list2) “Recycle Puzzle” activity

sheet3) “I Recycle Right” certificate4) A ball

Time: 35 minutes

Evaluation:Assess students’ understandingof the material presented byquestioning them throughoutthe lesson.

Assess students’ answers whilethey are playing the “ThinkFast” game.

Homework:Ask the students to create abookmark about recycling.(They can make the bookmarkout of a piece of a recyclableitem or reuse a piece orgarbage.)

Background for Teachers:

Recycling is beneficial for the environment because it savesnatural resources, conserves landfill space, and conservesenergy. For example, aluminum is made from a non-renewableresource called bauxite ore. It is most prevalent in Australia.Much pollution is created and much energy is used whenbauxite ore is mined and extracted from the earth. On the otherhand, when aluminum is recycled, much energy is saved andbauxite ore, a precious natural resource, is saved. The Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County hastwo recycling facilities. The Residential Materials RecyclingFacility (RMRF) is for recyclables collected from residents. TheCommercial Materials Recycling Facility (CMRF) is forrecyclables collected from businesses. At both facilities, therecyclables are separated and prepared for markets. It is alabor-intensive process because many of the items are sorted byhand. For example, workers sort glass bottles by handaccording to their color: brown, clear or brown. After the itemsare sorted, they are shipped to companies that manufacturethem into recycled products. In Palm Beach County’s recycling program, we can recyclemany items at home, at school, at work, at parks and evenbeaches. Our program is among the top in the country. Throughthe active participation of residents, approximately 50% of thewaste generated in the county is recycled. This percentage willcontinue to increase in the future because children today recycleout of habit, making it a part of their daily routine. That meansthe landfill will not fill up as quickly. In one year, recyclingsaved the equivalent of 2 acres of landfill space 74 feet highfrom being filled in Palm Beach County. Recycling matters!

Procedure:

1. Review the importance of recycling.2. Review the items that can be recycled at home and at

school.3. Explain that the next activity is called “Think Fast” and

that it is a fun way to review the things that can berecycled at home.

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Procedure:

4. Explain the directions to the class.

“THINK FAST” Directions: The class is divided into two teams with an equal number of

students on each team. The teacher will state an item listed on the “Think Fast”list (enclosed) and toss a small ball to the first student on one of the teams. Thestudent has to state whether the item belongs in the yellow recycling bin, theblue recycling bin or the garbage. If the student answers correctly, he goes tothe end of the line and it is the next team’s turn. If the student answersincorrectly, he must sit down. The teacher alternates from one team to the otherteam naming different objects. The objective of the game is to make thestudents think quickly. They should not be allowed more than 3 seconds toanswer. At the end of one round (in which everyone has had a chance torespond once) count the number of students that are left standing on each team.The team with the most students that are left standing is the winning team.

5. Play the game twice.6. Distribute the “Recycle Puzzle” activity to each student and explain the directions for

the puzzle.7. Allow the students time to complete the activity.8. Review the importance of recycling.9. Distribute the “I Recycle Right” certificates to students.10. Explain and assign the homework.

“Think Fast”

Plastic soap bottle-blue bin plastic detergent bottle-blue biBroken chair-garbage last year’s calendar-garbageBrown paper bag-yellow bin rubber cement-hazardous wasteDrink box-blue bin aluminum tray-blue binMoth balls-hazardous waste magazine-yellow binCereal box-garbage juice carton-blue binPlastic bag-garbage plastic shampoo bottle-blue binBrown glass bottle-blue bin newspaper-yellow binBroken window-garbage pool chemicals-hazardous wasteWeed killer-hazardous waste candy wrapper-garbageMilk carton-blue bin car battery-hazardous wasteBanana peel-garbage salad dressing bottle-blue binPlastic milk jug-blue bin pop tart box-garbageCorrugated cardboard box-yellow bin napkin-garbagePaper towel-garbage plastic ziploc bag-garbageBroken beach chair-garbage blue glass bottle-garbagePlastic ketchup bottle-blue bin laundry detergent bottle-blue biMotor oil-hazardous waste paper bag-yellow binBroken doll-garbage broken plastic toy-garbageNewspaper-yellow bin bleach-hazardous wasteEmpty mustard jar-blue bin rat poison-hazardous wastePaper cup-garbage egg carton-garbage*Soup can-garbage aluminum pie plate-blue binCatalog-yellow bin empty plastic fruit cup-blue binGreen glass bottle-blue bin regular battery-garbageBroken picture frame-garbage rechargeable battery-hazardousPhone book-yellow bin peanut butter jar-blue binNewspaper inserts-yellow bin lunchables tray-blue binJuice carton-blue bin empty chip bag-garbagePlastic spray bottle-blue bin pen with no ink-garbageFull paint can-hazardous waste jelly jar-blue binEmpty paint can-garbage empty bleach container-blue binFertilizer-hazardous waste catalog-yellow binTissue box-garbage gasoline-hazardous wasteAluminum foil-blue bin plastic bag from the newspaper-garbBroken pencil-garbage styrofoam cup-garbagePickle jar-blue bin apple core-garbage

* A soup can gets pulled out of the garbage by a magnet and is then recycl

Green Bottle Aluminum Can Plastic JugBrown Bottle Foil Plate

Color the picture. Cut out the puzzle pieces and scramble them.

Then put the puzzle back together again.

Paper Bag Corrugated Box

Recycle these in your blue bin.

Recycle these in your yellow bin.

Milk CartonJuice Container Juice Box

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