Solid Waste Management Educational
Resources
Educational
Materials on Solid Waste
The EPA's Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery provides
educational materia's for promoting an increased knowledge of solid
waste issies, with emphais on waste reduction, reuse, and recycling
for K-12 students. It also informs teachers about student award
programs and grants, as well as references, tools, and data
students can use in environmental research projects and
reports.
Educator's Guide to Planning a Field Day
Event An innovative, easy and fun way to
incorporate environmental learning, creative thinking and physical
education in an SOL-based one-day event. We also have 30 Buddy
Style stations that is easy to incorporate.
Virginia
Trekkers PodCast #17
The
Virginia Trekkers are four Henrico County Public Schools
technology educators that "trek" across Virginia creating hands-on
learning and virtual field trips for students on a variety of
subjects. PodCast #17 is a partnership with TFC Recycling and CVWMA
to see what happens to recyables that are
collected from our curbside and drop-off programs at the MRF
(Materials Recycling Facility). To see the podcast as well as the
SOL correlations and extra activities click here.
Preschool Recycling Activity
Keep Henrico Beautiful (KHB) created
this easy recycling lesson that is perfect for preschool and
kindergarden age children. For instructions and patterns, click
here
Waste Management Jeopardy
Participants try to provide questions to the answers
that focus on recycling, litter prevention and more. This game is
similair to the traditional "Jeopardy" game seen on TV, but with a
waste management theme.
Tissue Company Offers FREE Lessons for Teachers
Marcel Manufacturing LLC, which makes 100% recycled
tissue products, is offering free lesson plans to help teach
students about waste, recycling, climate change and
deforestation.
Curbside Value Partership
Teacher resource page offers curriculum, games and
child friendly website for teaching the importance of recycling to
our future recyclers.
Litterwise
A nice variety of litter and recycling resources from the VA
Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Education
Committee.
The
Quest for Less: Activities and Resources for Teaching
K-8 This resource provides downloadable
hands-on lessons and activities, enrichment ideas, journal writing
assignments, and other educational tools related to preventing and
reusing waste.
PlanetPals
Access more than 350 pages of educational materials.
Teachers will find lesson plans and activities on ecology,
recycling, and global warming as well as ideas for celebrating
earth Day.
Pollution
Solutions A curriculum supplement about
litter and pollution prevention based on the Standards of Learning
for grades K - 12. It was developed by the Virginia
Resource Use Education Council and funded by the Litter Control and
Recycling Fund.
Students Guide to
Composting Composting in the Classroom:
Scientific Inquiry for High School Students, by Nancy
Trautmann and Marianne Krasny, is a comprehensive guide for
teachers interested in guiding composting research projects by high
school students.
Rigsby
Download this activity book that teaches about litter and how it
impacts animals. Visit interactive the Rigsby and Friends website
by clicking
here.
PLT's
Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid
Waste
The module uses hands-on experiences to
show
the interrelationships among waste generation, natural resource
use, and disposal. The activities guide students through waste
management strategies and solutions while providing the necessary
tools to make informed decisions and choices on waste management
issues.
Air & Waste Management Download
free lesson plans from the Air & Waste Management
Association. Topics include air pollution, water
pollution and landfills.
Environmental
Education Week Library The National
Environmental Education Week Library has just added dozens of
standards-based recycling curricula to their growing online
library.
