Media –Rich Lesson Plan Name: Sue Helberg Changing Face of North Dakota Prairie Public/NDGA TITLE: Too Much Trash! GRADE LEVEL(S): PreK ‐ Gr. 1 TIME ALLOTMENT: Two 40‐minute periods. OVERVIEW: Students will learn about recycling and will sort garbage into the appropriate recycling categories. Students will create a reusable item using trash. SUBJECT MATTER: Social Studies, Science, and Art LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to sort trash according to its recyclable material. Students will understand the benefits of recycling. Students will identify ways to reuse material. MINNESOTA STATE STANDARDS: Science: 0.2.1.1.1 Sort objects in terms of color, size, shape, and texture, and communicate, reasoning for the sorting system. Social Studies 1.1.1.1.1 Demonstrate ways good citizens participate in the civic life of their community and explain why participation is important. National Science Education Standards Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives • Types of Resources The supply of many resources is limited. If used, resources can be extended through recycling and decreased use. MEDIA COMPONENTS – VIDEO AND/OR WEB: Video: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ­ Loops Scoops http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/lpsc10.sci.life.lp_reduce/#content/4dd
2fb4cadd2c73bce0063eb Video: Visiting a Recycling Plant http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.recycleplant/ Video: How to Reuse a Magazine http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/lpsc10.sci.life.lp_reduce/#content/4dd
2fb4dadd2c73bce0063fe Video: Eekoworld – Where does our garbage go? http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=garbage_recycling Interactive game – Eekohouse – Look for things in your house to be earth friendly. Web: Interactive Game – You’re your trash! http://www.kidsgoflash.com/games/sort_your_waste.html MATERIALS: Collect a considerable amount of clean garbage. Recycling Category Picture Cards (Plastic, Glass, Paper, Etc.) Scissors, glue sticks, and other art supplies. PREP FOR TEACHERS: • Preview videos and download/bookmark. • Make recycle picture cards for each category your local recycling company gathers. Ex: Plastic, glass, tin, paper, etc. • Optional – Organize an area in your room that will be your classroom recycling play center, which will allow the children the opportunity to continue organizing and sorting the material into recycling categories. They could also use the waste material to create reusable projects such as bird feeders, etc. INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY ­ SETTING THE STAGE: 1. Dump your large bag of trash in the middle of your circle. 2. Tell the students you have, “too much trash” at your house and you need their help. 3. Allow children time to have conversations about the items that are in the trash. 4. Ask the children if they have any ideas of what we could do with all of the trash. 5. Watch Loops Scoops video about recycling trash. 1:48 Have them watch for ideas of what they do with the trash in the video. LEARNING ACTIVITIES: Sorting Trash 1. Show the students the picture/label cards and have them identify each category. 2. Sort the garbage as a class into each of the categories. (They may want to do this more than one time.) CULMINATING ACTIVITY: Reusing our trash! MATERIALS: Art Supplies 1. Ask the students if they know what happens to our recyclables. 2. Show the video, A Visit to the Recycling Plant. 4:03 3. Ask the students if they can think of another way we could reuse some of our trash. Accept all ideas. 4. Watch video, How to Reuse a Magazine. 2:27 5. Have the students work in small groups brainstorming ways that we could reuse some of our trash. 6. Share ideas with the class. 7. Allow students to create some of their ideas and/or a friend’s idea using our trash and the other art supplies. CROSS­CURRICULAR ACTIVITY: Art Connection – Creating a reusable project w/trash. Math – Graph the different categories of recyclables. Learning Center – Set up a recycling learning center using your trash supplies. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: Visit your local recycling plant and/or ask them to come into your classroom. STUDENT MATERIALS: Scissors and glue sticks, markers, etc.