DOCUMENT RESUME ED 466 402 SE 066 484 TITLE Rethinking Recycling: An Oregon Waste Reduction Curriculum. INSTITUTION Oregon State Dept. of Environmental Quality, Portland. PUB DATE 2001-00-00 NOTE 371p. AVAILABLE FROM Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, Solid Waste Education Coordinator, 811 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204-1390. Tel: 800-452-4011 (Toll Free); Tel: 503-229-5913; Fax: 503-229-6977; e-mail: [email protected]. For full text: http://www.deq.state.or.us. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Elementary Education; *Environmental Education; Environmental Influences; Instructional Materials; *Recycling; *Science Activities; *Science Curriculum; Science Instruction; *Waste Disposal ABSTRACT This updated curriculum guide is designed to provide teachers of elementary school science with a set of activities on recycling and waste reduction. The curriculum has three sections:(1) Grades K-3 Lessons;(2) Grades 4-5 Lessons; and (3) Teacher's Resource Guide. It is designed to take students from an introduction to natural resources and their uses to what happens to something when people are finished with it to ways to conserve, prevent, compost, and recycle. Lessons are grouped into subject areas such as Environmental Awareness, Solid Waste, Waste Prevention and Reuse, Recycling, and Composting. Teachers are able to pick and choose the lessons according to their class needs, as long as the students are given background from other lessons (prerequisite information is indicated) and appropriate vocabulary words. (MM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. S RETHI RECYC State of Oregon An Oregon Waste Department of Environmental Reduction Curriculu uality l_c1152s11n Oo PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1)s ) , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement L--- DUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 2 , document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. R 7',/N;' iA Minor changes have been made to r improve reproduction quality. °Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. COPY AVAILABLE Department of Environmermtall Quality Headquarters 811 SW Sixth Avenue John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., Governor Portland, OR 97204-1390 (503) 229-5696 FAX (503) 229-6 124 TTY (503) 229-6993 June 2001 FOREWORD William Butler Yeats once said, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the burning of a fire." No one understands this concept better than our teachers. With the release of the updated Rethinking Recycling: An Oregon Waste Reduction Curriculum (K-5), our goal is to provide a balanced look at solid waste issues in Oregon to allow students to investigate, interpret, analyze and set their problem solving skills "on fire." It is important for students to realize that current paradigms may not always be future solutions. The mission of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is "To be an active leader in restoring, enhancing, and maintaining Oregon's air, land, and water." By providing educational support materials to our teachers, we hope that students will be active in shaping Oregon's future and become stewards of our air, land and water. Rethinking Recycling now includes relevant Common Curriculum Goals and Benchmarks with each lesson to make it easier to integrate into existing curriculum plans. A Teacher Resource section provides additional information and other resources for environmental lessons. Rethinking Recycling was updated using a teacher as a consultant and reviewed by other teachers and public agency educators. I hope you find this information useful and relevant in your classroom discussions on environmental awareness, resource conservation, and waste reduction. Sincerely, Netz&L. Stephanie I-Iallock Director STAN BUNN State Superintendent of Public Instruction OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Public Service Building, 255 Capitol Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97310-0203 Phone (503) 378-3569Fax (503) 373-7968www.ode.state.or.us May 29, 2001 Dear Educator: The Oregon Department of Education is pleased to participate in the distribution of Rethinking Recycling...an Oregon Waste Reduction Curriculum. This curriculum represents an opportunity for you to help students learn how they can make a difference in Oregon's environment.It provides excellent activities to teach problem solving and to help students examine the real-world issues they will face as citizens in the future. Rethinking Recycling can be a valuable resource in achieving the goals of Oregon's school reform program. As individual students become aware of the impact their decisions have on our environment and take personal actions to reduce waste and protect our environmental quality, they will be demonstrating many of the applications of Oregon's Common Curriuculum Goals and Content Standards. I encourage you to use these materials and to spread the word to your colleagues and community members about the importance of Rethinking Recycling. Keep up your good work as an Oregon educator for the 21st century! Sincerely, Stan Bunn PALeners\SupponkRethinking Recycling 051001.doc 4 EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: GETTING THERE TOGETHER TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii. Introduction ix Lesson Objectives K-3 viii 4-5 xiv Oregon Benchmarks at a Glance: K-3 xvii Oregon Benchmarks at a Glance: 4-5 xviii Spring 2003/2004-Benchmarks Science xix Social Science )o( Grades K-3 Lesson: Where Is Away? 39 E N Etaid E ES Overhead: The Oregon Waste Hierarchy 43 Lesson: Our Natural. Resources 3 Overhead: Where Trash Goes 44 Overhead: Natural Resource Tree 5 Worksheet: Landfill! 45 Worksheet: How Families Use Worksheet: Mining The Landfill 46 Natural Resources 6 Teacher's Key: Mining the Landfill 47 Lesson: Cycles in Nature 7 Lesson: Look At A Landfill 49 Overhead: Cycles 9 Overhead: Landfill In A Jug Diagram 53 Worksheet: What's A Tree Cycle? 10 Overhead: A Simple Diagram of a Landfill 54 Worksheet: What's-A Water Cycle? 11 Overhead: When Will These Things Lesson: Litter Hunt 13 Decompose? 55 Overhead: Ways Litter Injures Wildlife 15 Worksheet: Litter Hurts Our World 17 Worksheet: Litter Is Waste In WASTE PREVENTION RISE The Wrong Place 18 Lesson: Needs and Wants 57 Lesson: Native American Culture 19 Worksheet: Needs and Wants 59 Handout: Native American Poetry 23 Needs and Wants Game Instructions 61 Pacific Northwest Native American Tales 25 Needs and Wants Game Pieces 63 Oregon Tribes Map 27 Lesson: Ads Add Up 65 Lesson: So Many Cookies... BRIO WASTE So Much Packaging 67 Lesson: What Is Trash') 29 Worksheet: Cookie Packaging Chart 69 Reading Excerpts: From Stuart Little and Worksheet: Packaging Analysis 70 Charlotte's Web 31 Lesson: Lunchroom Trash 71 Lesson: A Lot Of Garbage 33 Garbage R's Game 73 Overhead: What's In Our Garbage? 35 Worksheet:. Reducing Waste Worksheet: If Bagging Trash Is Your Game 36 What Can I Do? 74 Teacher Worksheet: Garbage Audit 37 Activity: "Waste-Less" Picnic 75 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS I Lesson: Trash or Treasure? 77 Lesson. Composting In A Jar 93 Worksheet: Throw Away or. Reuse: Worksheet: Will I Compost? 95 What I Can Do, 79 Lesson: Primary Songs 97 On Top of the Landfill 99 Join Us Recycle 100 RECY, RAG CHIPPSTRIG Pick It Up Recycle. 101 Lesson: Cycles and RE-cycles 81 In Room 10 102 Worksheet: Recycle Lifecycle- Glass 83 Litter is Garbage 103 The Cycle Game 84 Banana Peel Blues 104 Lesson: Recycle Lifecycle 85 Overhead: Recycling Symbol- The Chasing Arrows 87 NAM BEMS W STE Handout: Plastics Coding System 88 Lesson: Hazardous Products Substitutes 105 Worksheet: Plastics At Home Overhead: Signal Words 107 An-Investigation 89 Overhead: Routes of Exposure 108 Worksheet: Save These From Overhead: Learning About Labels 109 The Garbage Can! 90 Worksheet: Identify the Hazards 110 Worksheet: My Family, Can Recycle 91 Worksheet: Sink to Stream 111 Extension: Making and Molding Glass Handout: Tips for a Safer Home 112 Experiment 92 Handout: Safe Substitute Recipes 113 gni 9 ti !r.u. LEO NAST Lesson: Our Natural Resources 117 Lesson: There Is No Away 141 Overhead: Bicycle Materials, Wastes, and Overhead: Where Trash Goes 145 By-Products 119 Overhead: The Oregon Waste Hierarchy146 Overhead: Glass Manufacturing 120 Worksheet: Mining The Landfill 147 Overhead: Paper Manufacturing 121 Teacher's Key: Mining The Landfill 148 Worksheet: What Kind Of Waste Am I? 122 Lesson: Making A Model Landfill 149 Lesson: Native American Culture 123 Example of a Lined Landfill Model 153 Handout: Native American Poetry 127 Overhead: Construction of a Pacific Northwest Native American Tales129 Landfill in a Bottle 154 Worksheet: Native American Tales 131 Making a Model Landfill Instruction Sheet 155 Oregon Tribes Map 132 Handout: Active Facilities In Oregon 157 Handout: Active Facilities in Metro Area Lesson: Famous Environmentalists 133 158 Map Exercise: Making a Model Landfill 159 The Growth of Society 135 Conservationists 135 Lesson: Classroom Trash Audit 161 Earth Advocates 136 Overhead: What's In Our Garbage? 163 Definitions/Terms 138 Worksheet: Garbage Audit 164 Worksheet: Famous Environmentalists 139 Worksheet: If Bagging Trash Is Your Game165 Timeline 140 Extension: Take Home Trash Audit 167 Worksheet: How Much Waste Do I Create?169 iv 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS lJ - ASTE PREVENTION EINE Lesson: Get To Know Glass 223 Lesson: Spanish Lessons On Waste