Day+3+(Wednesday)

Recycle Round-Up/ Create Your Own Miniature Landfill **
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 * OBJECTIVES: **

· Through hands-on sorting of random trash, students will gain better understanding of what type of products are recyclable or not. · Through construction and observation, students will be introduced to the concept of a landfills vs. composting.

**MATERIALS:** - Flowerpots - Small stones -Soil - Jars of Water - Newspaper - Plastic Wrap - Assorted pieces of Garbage: 1. Vegetable scraps and leaves 2. Plastic foam objects 3. Paper products 4. Plastic objects


 * PROCEDURE: **

1. Before beginning the lesson, have the garbage randomly lying around the room on the floor. Have the student’s brainstorm why the garbage is there and where it is supposed to be. 2. Students will then pick up the garbage while learning how to sort it into appropriately labeled piles for recycling. 3. Illustrate what is meant by sorting the recyclables while integrating technology. Have the class divide into groups to **play the interactive “Recycle Roundup Game”** which can be found on the @Student Activity Page. 4. Introduce the concept of a landfill by **showing the visual up on the SmartBoard** –“The Typical Anatomy of a Landfill” which can also be found on the @Student Activity Page. 5. Demonstrate to the class how they are going to make their own miniature landfills out of flowerpots by modeling the activity with them. 6. Divide students into small groups and pass out the various materials. As a class, follow the instructions (which should be **located up on the SmartBoard/ found on the** @Student Activity Page ) for the composition of the mini-landfills. 7. This lesson requires a four-week follow-up. Throughout this time, students will be **maintaining weekly online journal entries** pertaining to their predictions of the soil/garbage activity for each type of compost. After four weeks, the content of the flower-pots will be dumped out onto newspaper. Students can use sticks to spread through the soil to see what has happened to the garbage. They will also see and compare the results of the other pots- witnessing the difference between “good garbage” and “bad garbage”. Students will **discuss and record these findings in their online journals**.
 * FOLLOW-UP: **

Throughout the lesson, continually recap important ideas while highlighting main points. During the follow-up, discuss things such as: -Accurate/Inaccurate predictions -Suggestions as to what may have gone wrong
 * DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: **

You can evaluate your students using the following three point rubric: ** - One Point- ** Limited participation throughout recycle sort and game. Online journal entry needs improvement and lacks content.
 * EVALUATION: **
 * - Three Points- ** Excellent participation throughout the recycle sort and game. Miniature land-fill well structured through collaborative group work. Online journal entries show well-thought and substantial reflections and recordings of content comprehension. Good classroom discussion.
 * - Two Point- ** Participation throughout recycle sort and game. Miniature land-fill completed with evidence of group work. Online journal entry completed with adequate content. Participated in classroom discussion.