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 * __ Recycle Week Activities: __**

**__ DAY ONE: __** Watch this Introductory Video!

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*Begin Navigating through **Recycle City!**

Pick 10 of the following 15 questions: (Copy and paste them into Word, answer and save them) 1. Imagine you manage your own supermarket. What are some things you can do to reduce the amount of waste caused by the products you sell? Then, visit Maria's Market in Recycle City and see if she has any other ideas you can use. 2. Name three ways that each of these items can be reused, instead of throwing them away. (You can use the whole thing or only part of it.) - Cardboard box - Plastic milk carton - Glass jar - Wooden board - Plastic bag - Newspaper Can you find other ways these items are put to use in Recycle City? 3. Find the place in Recycle City where you can get information on what to do with leftover cleaning products. Is there a place to take those kinds of items in your town? Where is it? 4. Visit some houses in Recycle City and look for examples of household hazardous waste. How many are there? What are some safer, natural alternatives that could take the place of some of these things? 5. Visit any Recycle City location you like. Before you go inside, try to figure out what you would do to reduce waste and energy use there. Then, click on the site. Did you miss anything? Did we? 6. Cruise around Recycle City and find all the tips you can use to reduce pollution and waste that come from cars. 7. Gas stations aren't just places to fill up the tank. Can you find six things that Shaq at the Recycle City gas station does to help the environment? 8. Can you find out which recyclable item makes up the largest percentage of our trash? 9. Identify three recycling activities that Recycle City students use to help raise money for class projects. 10. Mayor Turner has been elected to state government, and you are selected to replace her as the new mayor of Recycle City. What kinds of things can you do to help citizens reduce, reuse, and recycle? 11. Find at least seven different ways to reduce or reuse paper. 12. Find at least three places in Recycle City where books are resold or reused. 13. Make a list of things around your house that you could donate to a charity or a community warehouse instead of throwing them out. 14. What are some ways you or your family could cut down on the amount of junk mail you receive at home? 15. How many places in Recycle City can you find used tires? Look carefully.

**__DAY TWO:__**

Ever wonder what happens to your bottles, cans and paper after you place them in the recycling bin? Check out this **Great Interactive Video** to find out!!!

**__DAY THREE:__**

Play this fun **Recycle Round-Up Game** and learn what you can and cannot recycle!!

Here is a great visual to better understand the **Typical Anatomy of a Land-fill**.


 * We will be making our own miniature Land-fills. follow these instructions:

** __Instructions for Miniature Landfill__ **
 * Let’s get started! **


 * #1) Each group gets ONE flowerpot. Place the stones in the bottom. Then place some soil (about 1/3 away from the bottom) in the pot. **


 * #2) Follow steps according to your assigned job: **
 * *Green Thumb = make a label with the group-member’s names. Move the flowerpot to the shelf and back. **
 * *Garbage Collector = Gets the specified garbage for the group and puts it in the pot. **
 * *Gardener = Adds the soil into the pot. **
 * *Water Lover = Waters and checks the flowerpot everyday. **


 * #3) Once the garbage is received, cut, tear or break it into small pieces and scatter the them over the soil. **


 * #4) Cover the garbage with more soil until the flowerpot is almost filled. **


 * #5) Water the flowerpot until it is soaked through, but not flooded. **


 * #6) Label the flowerpot, cover and place it on the shelf. **


 * #7) Be patient! **
 * Predict in your online journals what might be happening under the soil **** to each of the different types of garbage. **

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