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Earth Care: The Recycling Maniacs [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Recycling Maniacs is a short script for a classroom play to teach the benefits of recycling.
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Earth Care: Garbage vs Recycle Centre [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will learn the importance of recycling by using the correct receptacles in their classroom.
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Earth Care: Good Garbage vs Bad Garbage [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will participate in schoolyard cleanup and learn to tell the difference between safe and unsafe litter.
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Lesson Plan
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Earth Care: Where's the Drip? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will learn about water conservation as they search for leaky taps and toilets.
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Earth Care: Sort and Sift [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, learners will examine the litter they produce in their classroom and that their families produce at home, and identify ways they can reduce waste and recycle more.
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Earth Care: Just One Drop [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, Grade One young scholars will discover how much water they use for daily activities and ways to reduce their water consumption.
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Earth Care: Movers and Shakers [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Wind is created in areas where there are temperature shifts. For this lesson, Grade Two students will investigate areas of their schoolyard where there are 'wind tunnels' and 'wind shadows'. They will then use this information to...
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Earth Care: Environmental Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this activity, pupils create environmental checklists for monitoring their own and their community's level of 'environmental stewardship.'
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Earth Care: Once More With Feeling [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this activity, middle schoolers will explore creative ways that materials can be reused. They will then create a commercial to advertise innovative ideas. Follow-up suggestions include having a sale or contacting local secondhand...
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Earth Care: Recycled Paper [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After investigating and monitoring paper use at school, students will develop a plan for reducing their own paper use.
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Lesson Plan
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Earth Care: Where's the Heat? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners will work alongside the school caretaker to determine ways in which their school loses heat, and learn about strategies that can reduce or prevent this.
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Earth Care: Filter It Down [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will investigate how different materials filter water and learn about water treatment.
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Earth Care: The Abandoned Mine [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this mini-unit, pupils will research urban waste disposal issues, and investigate the practicality and environmental impact of using an abandoned mine as a landfill.
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Earth Care: Types of Lights [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studying what kinds of lighting are used at school and what the routines are for using them will enable students to understand the challenges in reducing energy use in a large building. In the process, they will develop strategies for...
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Earth Care: Recycling Survey [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students construct a survey about recycling practices in their school and community, then share the results in class and draw conclusions.
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Earth Care: Think Green [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore what is involved in printer cartridge recycling, and look at its potential as a school fundraiser.
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Earth Care: Whose Garbage Is It? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After researching the political and environmental issues around Toronto, Ontario's shipment of its waste to Ann Arbor, Michigan, students will hold a debate and write an opinion paper.
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Earth Care: Words to Action [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After investigating the health of waterways in their community, students can undertake this activity where they participate in a community cleanup.
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Lesson Plan
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Earth Care: Audit of Household Waste [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After performing an audit of their families' household garbage, students compare their results in class and come up with ways they can encourage environmentally friendly practices at home.