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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 377 034 SE 054 362 TITLE Education & Recycling: Educator's Waste Management Resource and Activity Guide 1994. INSTITUTION California State Dept. of Conservation. Sacramento. Div. of Recycling. PUB DATE 94 NOTE 234p. AVAILABLE FROMCalifornia Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling, 801 K Street, MS 22-57, Sacramento, CA 95814. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Bilingual Instructional Materials; *Class Activities; Constructivism (Learning); *Educational Resources; Elementary Secondary Education; *Environmental Education; Evaluation Methods; *Recycling; Solid Wastes; Teaching Guides; *Waste Disposal; Worksheets IDENTIFIERS *California ABSTRACT This activity guide for grades K-12 reinforces the concepts of recycling, reducing, and reusing through a series of youth-oriented activities. The guide incorporates a video-based activity, multiple session classroom activities, and activities requiring group participation and student conducted research. Constructivist learning theory was considered during the development of activities. The guide is divided into the following sections:(1) 12 elementary and mieldle school classroom activities;(2) eight middle and high school classroom activities;(3) school recycling programs;(4) trivia, facts, and other information;(5) listing of 338 supplementary materials (activity, booklets, coloring and comic books, books, catalogs, curricula, extras, magazines, recycling programs, and videos);(6) listing of 39 environmental organizations; (7) approximately 1,300 California local government and community contacts; and (8)a glossary. Many activities incorporate science, history and social science, English and languege arts, and mathematics and art. Most activities include methods for teacher and student evaluations. Spanish translations are provided for some activity materials, including letters to parents, several take-home activities and the glossary. (LZ) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Om, e Of Educational Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATICN MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY e CENTER (ERICI M 4 /1(Ins aocument has been ,eo,o0uce0 as California rece,ved ',ore the person 0' organization orvnattng 1 DEPARTNIENT Ar.,nOr changes have been made to ,nn,ove L.--rimANI CONSERVATION reproduction quaMY Ponts ofweworop,n,ons stated ,n ih.s cIOCu ,nent do not necessary reb,esent011.c.al TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Recycling OE RI bos.hon or pOlCy INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) EDUCATION & RECYCLING EDUCATOR'S WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE AND ACTIVITY GUIDE 1994 Pete Wilson C;IP/1,1/1(1). I)ouglas P. Wheeler "('C /via/T/HI' Mc.v)1/11('S. 11)('/i('N()111«'. Edward G. fieidig ( BEST COPY AVAILABLE f EDUCATION & RECYCLING EDUCATOR'S WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE ,ND ACTIVITY GUIDE 1994 Pete Wilson Governor Douglas P. Wheeler Secretary for Resources, The Resources Agercy Edward G. Hcidig Director, Department of Conservation PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Recycling ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Department wishes to acknowledge the significant contributions made by many. Special thanks goes to the various outside curriculum developers that graciously consented to the adaptation and inclusion of their ideas in this guide. Without their assistance, this publication would have not been possible. Edward G. Heidig Director, Department of Conservation Pamela E Morris Public Information er, Department of Conservation Carol A. Nelson Deputy Chief; Division of Recycling Margie Jewett Recycling Program Manager, Program Development Branch Jill Somers Supervisor, Education Section Coordinating Editor/Writer Kathy Davis Contributing Writers/Researchers Sherry Reser Sandy Hyson Cheri Fraga Shaw Laura Smith Chandra Trader Pete Valdivia Copy Editor Marija Krapcevich Graphic Artist Stephen Swaby Support Staff Deborah Bourgeois Linda Graham DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Recycling iii 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION vii HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ix ADDITIONAL EDUC4TIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE DEPARTMENTOF CONSERVATION xi ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLCLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Recycle Rex "Recycle, Reduce, Reuse and Close the Loop" 3 a. Close The Loop (lowergrades) 5 b. Close The Loop (upper grades) 6 Recycle Rex "Recida, Reduce, Reusa Y Cierre El Ciclo" 7 a. Cierre El Ciclo (anos escalar K-5) 9 b. Cierre El Ciclo (arios escolar 4-8) 10 Earth Meets Our Needs! 11 a. Landfill Bingo procedures 13 b. Landfill Bingo teacher's sheet 14 c.Landfill Bingo student's sheet 15 What's Going On In Here??? 16 a. Dirt vs. Dirt 18 b. Tierra Contra Tierra 18 What's This Made Of? 19 a. Sample letter to parents 21 b. Ejemplo de una carta para padres 22 c. Crossword Puzzle student's sheet (lower grades) 23 d. Crossword Puzzle answer sheet (lower grades) 24 c. Crossword Puzzle student's sheet (upper grades) 25 f. Crossword Puzzle answer sheet (upper grades) 26 My Bike Came From Planet Earth!!! 27 a. Bicycle diagram 28 b. Student's worksheet 29 Just Recyde It! 30 a. Sorting and categorizing recyclables 31 Take-Home Recycling Kit 32 a. How to set up your homerecycling center 34 b. Flow to recycle specific items 35 c. COrno establecer un centro dereciclaje en su casa 37 d. COmo Reciclar 38 e. The Recycled Diary 40 41 1.El Diario Reciclado Good Things Come In Many Different Wrappers 42 a. Sample letter to parents 44 b. Ejemplo de una carta para padres 45 c. Student's worksheet . 46 Make Your Own Paper 47 a. Pulpy Piñata 49 b. Piñata Pulposa 50 The Lorax 51 a. Is it a need or is it a want?(student/group activity) 53 b. Removing Earth's Resources (studentlgroup activity) 53 Student-Inspired Waste Reduction Plans 54 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Recycling .MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES 59 Running Out of Resources 61 a. Student handouts on manufacturing processes: (may be used to make transparencies) 1. Glass 63 2. Paper 64 3. Aluminum can 65 4. Steel can 66 5. Plastic 67 b. Energy and Resources (student's worksheet) 68 c. Energy and Resources (teacher's answer sheet) 69 Take A Bite of the Finite 70 a. 1993 Estimates of Global Reserve Base 71 Solid Waste: What's My Responsibility' 72 a. "My Twenty Foot Swath" Garbage: Achieving Its Potential 77 As the Worm Churns 79 a. How to prepare a worm composting bin 81 b. 1-2-3 Worm Composting Bin 82 More Is Not Better 84 Setting Up An In-School Recycling Project 86 Hitting the Air 88 RECYCLING IN SCHOOLS 89 Mow to set up a school recycling program 91 Distinguished Schools 96 TRIVIA, FACTS AND OTHER STUFF 99 Aluminum 101 Compost 101 Glass 101 Landfills 102 Oil 102 Paper 102 Plastics 103 Steel 103 Tires 104 Waste 104 Miscellaneous 105 Historical Perspectives 105 Works Cited 106 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS 109 Activity Booklets, Coloring and Comic Books 111 Books 113 Catalogs 118 Curricula 120 Extras 128 Magazines 130 Recycling Programs 131 Videos 132 ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 139 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES 161 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND COMMON USAGES 195 GLOSARIO DE TERMINOS Y USOS COMUNES 203 vi DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Division of Recycling 6 INTRODUCTION Con.ser.va.tor n. 1 By definition, the California Department of Conservation isCalifornia's conservator: farmland and steward a protector; the protector of California's citizens, guardian of California's of California's earth resources. Among its many responsibilities,the Department guardian; manages California's earth resources so we are moreself-reliant in meeting our or steward energy needs; and promotes recycling so wehave fewer resources going to landfills and more resource: for jobs. practiced by more and The Education "Recycle, reduce and reuse" is the vital conservation ethic more Californians. The EducationSection, within the Department of Conservation's Section encourages natural resources California youth to Division of Recycling, encourages California youth to conserve and diminish their waste production through educationand project participation. conserve natural The publication before you introduces and reinforcesrecycling, reducing and reusing resources... through a series of youth-oriented activities. In addition,students discover that, as consumers, they can "close the loop" by movingbeyond recycling to include purchasing recycled products. This guide incorporates the Unifying Concepts of EnvironmentalEducation: to foster awareness of and respect for the environment; tobuild knowledge of some basic environmental concepts and promote responsible actions towardthe environment. Constructivist learning theory was also considered duringthe development of activities. Students relate activities to their own lives,explore existing conditions, develop alternatives, and interact with themselves and theircommunity discovering they can impact their futures. In response to teacher surveys taken at conferencesand feedback from the two previous Educator's Waste Management Resource and ActivityGuides, we have incorporated a video based activity,multiple-session classroom activities, and activities requiring more group participation andstudent conducted research. We expandec "Supplementary Materials" section to include many more resources.This publication also provides references to local governmentand community resources, listing recycling coordinators, recycling center operators, and notingthose willing to conduct tours