2.9 Trash-What’s the Big Deal
This is Lesson 9 (“Trash? What’s the Big Deal?”) from the Grow Your PALS Program Guide of the National FFA Mentoring Program, a large-group lesson on recycling. Students learn the three R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle), identify common items that can and cannot be recycled, and discover products made from recyclable materials through interactive activities, motion-based review, and survey/internet application tasks.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe the three R's (reduce, reuse and recycle).
- List common items that can be recycled.
- List products that are made from recyclable materials.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 60 minutes.
- Materials
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- writing surface
- transparencies/projector
- PALS.9.TM.A
- PALS.9.TM.B
- PALS.9.TM.C
- PALS.9.AS.A-E — 1 per class
- Unit
- Recycling
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Key Terms
- reduce, reuse, recycle
- Precepts
- F. Continuous Improvement — F5. Acquire new knowledge; N. Decision-making — N1. Demonstrate the decision-making process
- Resources
- None
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NPH.K-12.1Movement Forms
- NPH.K-12.5Responsible Behavior
- NS.K-4.1Science as Inquiry