WhyRecycle?

MaceyLewandowski,SarahVester,FatimaTaho

Overview

First10minutes
Passoutwaterbottlesandgoldfishtostudents,each
getsonewaterbottleandonecupofgoldfish
BeginPowerPointwithphotoanddiscusswhythisis
badandhowitcouldbefixed.Makesuretotalk
abouthowthisisnothowwewantourcommunityto
look.
FinishthePowerPoint,makesurestudentsparticipate
byaskingquestions.
Explainactivity.
Next15minutes
Studentswillsplitintogroupsof45students,
accompaniedbytheirmentors
Studentswillcreatetheirpostersasagroup,mentors
canhelpbutitshouldbemostlythestudentswork
Next15minutes
Lookatpostersandtalkaboutwhateachgroupdid
wellandwhyrecyclingisimportant
Last5minutes
Exitquestionswillbeasked
Havestudentsrecycleorthrowouttheirbottlesand
cupsfromsnack

Learnersand
Environment

IntendedGoals

Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofwhyrecyclingis
important.
Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofwhattorecycle.
Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofhowtheir
communitybenefitsfromrecycling.

LessonContent

AsaclasswelllookatthePowerPointanddiscussrecycling
andwhyitisimportant
Studentswillsplitupintogroupstomakeaposter
encouragingpeopletorecycle
Asaclasswewilldiscusswhateachgroupdidwell

15204thgradestudents,mixofboysandgirls
Atriskchildren
Mentorsforeachstudentwillalsobepresent
Environment:classroomwithadequatedesksandchairs,
whiteboards,andaninstructionstationthatincludesa
computerandprojector

LessonObjectives

Givenapieceoftrash,studentswillbeabletochooseifit
shouldberecycledorthrownoutwithouterror.
Giventheopportunitytopresenttheirpostertotheclass,
studentswillbeabletopersuadetheiraudiencetorecycle
within2minutes.

Standards

IndianaAcademicStandardsScience
Standard2:EarthScience
CoreStandard:
Describehowthesupplyofnaturalresources
islimitedandinvestigatewaysthathumans
protectandharmtheenvironment.(4.2.4,
4.2.5,4.2.6)
4.2.6Describewaysinwhichhumanshave
changedthenaturalenvironment.Explainif
thesechangeshavebeendetrimentalor
beneficial.

Materials

Procedure

Afterpassingoutsnacksanddrinkstothestudentspresent
thePowerPointtotheclass.
IdentifyandDiscussthepollutioninslide2.
Identifywhatrecyclingis,askeachstudenttoprovide
anexampleofrecycling.
Discussthecomponentsofrecyclingasaclass.
Discusshowyoucanrecycleasandwithinyour
community.
Introduceandexplaintheactivity.
Dependingonthesizeoftheclasssplitstudentsintogroups
of45students.
Thementorscanhelpkeepthestudentsontopic,and
canhelpstudentswiththeposterbutitshouldbe
mostlystudentwork.Thementorswillnothelpwith
presentations.
Thestudentswillbegiven15minutestocompletetheir
posterfortheclass.

littlewaterbottles
goldfish2bigboxes
dixiecupstoscoopandservegoldfish
recycling/garbagebin
constructionpaper
markers
projector
computer
magnets/tapetohangposters

 Afterallthepostersarecompletethegroupswillputtheir
posterontheboardandbrieflypresenttheirposter.
Discussthepostersasaclassandpointoutwhateverygroup
didwellontheirposter.
Discussrecyclingagainasaclassandnotewhatthechanges
instudentresponsescomparedtoatthebeginningofclass.
Tocloseaskassessmentquestion.
Whileexitingtheclassroomstudentswillrecycletheirtrash
fromthesnacks.

Assessment

Toleavefortheday,eachstudenthastoansweraquestion
aboutsomethingthatwasdiscussedduringthelesson

References

http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/science
http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/recycle
http://www.chinatoday.com/china.topics/environment/china_
pollution_environment_08.htm
http://keepevansvillebeautiful.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/0
2/cartyesnomagnet.jpg

JournalArticle1:
http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/
pdfviewer?sid=40efd261837246c9b72825e261cd2b58%40sessio
nmgr113&vid=4&hid=125
JournalArticle2:
http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/
pdfviewer?sid=d70c27e595e94143bf015971a3fb406f%40session
mgr112&vid=1&hid=125

JournalArticles:

1. Thisfirstarticlediscussestheresultsofastudytoincreasecommunityandhousehold
participationinacurbsiderecyclingprograminNewZealand.NewZealanddidnothave
curbsiderecyclingprogramsandformedanexperimenttoseewhatactivitieswould
encouragerecyclingprograms.Itwasdiscoveredthatwhenhouseholdscommitted
verballytorecyclefor12weekstheyrecycledmorethanhouseholdswhodidnot
commit.Itwasalsofoundthatafinancialcommitmentdidnothelpwiththe
encouragementofrecycling.Householdswhohadtopayfortheirrecyclingbinsactually
recycledlessinthe12weekexperimentthanhouseholdswhoweregivenrecyclingbins
forfree.TheexperimentinNewZealanddemonstratespositiveandnegativeapproaches
torecyclinginacommunity.

Bryce,W.J.,&Day,R.(1997).Commitmentapproachtomotivatingcommunity
recycling..
JournalOfConsumerAffairs
,
31
(1),27.

2. Thisarticlediscussesthedirecteffectsofrecyclingandreducingwastewithinthe
classrooms.Implementingrecyclingprogramsinschoolswasavastamountofpositive
affectsonthestudents,environment,andcanhelpschoolssavemoney.Itsavesschools
moneyandsometimescanevenmakethemmoremoney.Inaddition,implementinga
recyclingprograminschoolsallowseducatorstodemonstrategoodenvironmental
responsibility.Thearticlegivesmultipleexamplesofhowschooladministrationscango
aboutapplyingthesetypesofprogramsinschools.Themostcommonandeffectiveway
tobeginrecyclingistohavecontainerslocatedinmultipleplacesaroundthecampus.By
motivatingallschoolstoparticipateinsomesortofrecycleprogram,thiswillhelpthe
overallnationwidezerowasteandreducedcarbonfootprintgoal.

Futcher,L.(2014).SchoolsGoingGreen.
EducationDigest
,
79
(8),4954.

PowerPointlink:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_gxYPVNqn5vhwXk8Q8PQBumIU4_Di4nv9WT486D
RNWg/edit?usp=sharing

Rubric

FivePoints Four
Points

Three
Points

TwoPoints

OnePoint

Total

Interestingfact
aboutrecycling

Factis
interesting
and
relevant

Factis
interesting
butnot
very
relevant

Factis
presentbut
not
interesting

Factis
presentbut
offtopic

Nofactis
present

Includesappropriate
images/symbols

Symbols
andimages
are
appropriate
andaidin
theoverall
lookofthe
poster

Symbols
are
appropriate
butdonot
aidthe
poster
overall

Symbols
arealmost
appropriate
anddonot
aidposter

Symbolsare
offtopic

Nosymbols
orimages
used

Creativeslogan

Sloganis
creative
and
motivation
al

Sloganis
creative
butnot
motivation
al

Sloganis
motivationa
lbut
lackingin
creativity

Sloganis
presentbut
neither
creativenor
motivational

Nosloganis
putonthe
poster

Presentation/
Participation

Every
studentin
thegroup
participated
inmaking
and
presenting
theposter

Most
students
participate
dinboth
parts

Some
students
participated
onepart,
others
participated
intheother
part

Afew
studentstook
overthe
wholeposter
and
presentation

Onestudent
didallor
mostofthe
work

Appropriateuseof
colorsanddesign

Colorsand
designare
neatand
easyto
lookat

Colors
wereused
butdesign
was
lacking

2colors
wereused
withsome
senseof
design

Onecolor
wasusedwith
somesenseof
design
present

Onecolor
wasused,
verylittle
senseof
design

Total

VideoLesson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOVYQZYpRw