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 * Interactive GameThis Week's Lesson Plan: //Garbage and Recycling//**


 * It seems as if recycling has become a way of life. But does that mean that you understand //WHY// we recycle? This week we will explore important issues that will help us discover the importance of recycling and the many methods to make it an easy and fun activity. **


 * SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS:


 * __SC.4.E.6.3__ - Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.
 * __SC.4.L.17.4__ - Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.**



__**Day One: Importance of Recycling / Recycle City**__ Students will view a **VIDEO*** on "Why Recycle?" that is about 2 min long to introduce them to the week of recycling. Then as a class together, we will visit and navigate freely through **Recycle City**, participate in an online scavenger hunt and answer questions.

Students will watch a VIDEO about what happens to the garbage once it leaves their homes. This will generate a variety of questions which will be asked and addressed by e-mailing a spokesperson/employee at the local waste facility.
 * __Day Two: Where Does all the Garbage Go?__**

Students will play an **Interactive Game** The Teacher will bring in a variety of the following items: plastic bottle, paper bag, plastic 6-pack rings, glass bottle, leather boot, Styrofoam cup, cotton rag, aluminum can, banana, plastic jug, and tin can. The teacher will demonstrate to the class and explain each of the items and their everyday uses and how they can be properly disposed. They will then create their own land-fills using flowerpots to show the landfill/ composting concept.
 * __Day Three: Recycle Roundup/ Make your own Miniature Landfill__**


 * __Day Four: What's in the Trash?__**

Students will use software programs to create their own Trash Inventory Checklist. This will allow them to become aware of the amounts and kinds of trash the personally generate each day. They will also infer how both the types and amounts of trash can vary depending on situations.


 * __Day Five: Invent Your Own Biodegradable__**

By becoming aware of biodegradable materials which are capable of disintegrating easily in nature, students will make their own materials which are more "friendly" to the environment. they will then practice online marketing techniques for their items.

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