2.12 You Can Make a Difference
This is Lesson 12 (“You Can Make a Difference!”) in the Recycling unit of the Grow Your PALS Program Guide, part of the National FFA Mentoring Program. In this large-group lesson, mentors guide students through activities — a telephone game, a marshmallow-tower planning challenge, an icon-illustration exercise, and writing a letter to the editor — to help them develop a home recycling plan and craft a persuasive message encouraging others to recycle.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Develop a home recycling plan.
- Develop a key message to persuade others to recycle.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 60 minutes.
- Materials
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- writing surface
- transparencies and projector
- PALS.12.TM.A
- PALS.12.AS.A – 1 per class
- PALS.12.AS.B – 1 per student
- miniature marshmallows
- toothpicks – 1 box per group
- plastic baggies
- scrap paper
- letter to the editor – 1 example letter
- Unit
- Recycling
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- A. Action — A3. Plan effectively; A8. Evaluate and reflect on action taken. M. Communications — M1. Demonstrate technical and business writing skills
- Key Terms
- None
- Resources
- http://www.enviromom.com/2008/05/make-a-recyclin.html
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NA.VA.K-4.2Using Knowledge of Structures and Functions
- NA.VA.K-4.5Reflecting Upon and Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of Their Work and the Work of Others