Teaching Themes
Recycling: Everything You Need
These resources will help students of all ages learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle and discover how those three behaviors can impact our ecosystems.
Listen and Read Activities
They Made a Giant Caterpillar! A Listen and Read Book, Level A
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
In this online book, early readers learn how a school made a giant caterpillar from all different kinds of recycled bottles!
Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Listen and Read Activities, Online Learning Activities
Kids Did It! A Listen and Read Book
Grades: 1–2, 3–5
From making a giant caterpillar out of trash to growing vegetables, see what students are doing to help the planet in in this Level B listen and read activity.
Recycle Resources
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Articles What Should We Do With All Our Trash?Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 In 2006, people produced more than 251 million tons of trash. Where do kids think all of it should go? |
 Articles Helping Children Explore & Protect Our PlanetGrades: Early Childhood, PreK–K, 1–2 Sprung discusses several ways to introduce children to the issues of ecology and conservation. During the early childhood years, teachers should... |
 Book Resources Clever Ways to Recycle Everyday Items for Classroom ProjectsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Don't throw out those takeout containers or film canisters too quickly! They might have handy classroom uses. Check out all these possibilities... |
 Articles Dumpster DivaGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A preschooler sits absorbed in creating a building of blue foam cylinders. The cylinders, which were destined for the trash heap, have become a... |
Early Childhood Winning Ideas Contest: Top 5 Ideas for Getting Children to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in Your ClassroomGrades: PreK–K Find inspiring ideas for a greener classroom including bottle cap art, scissor practice with scrap paper, and a "sludge city" unit. |
Booktalks Booktalk for Julian Rodriguez Episode One: Trash Crisis on EarthGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Booktalk for Julian Rodriguez Episode One: Trash Crisis on Earth by Alexander Stadler |
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Articles Trash-Talk IdeaGrades: 1–2 Use this sheet to create your group's great trash-reducing idea.Group Members:Here's why it's our responsibility to find |
 Articles Be a Hero for the Planet -- Visit Our Green GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Some material in this article was adapted from The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming, by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon (Orchard Books,... |
 Earth Day Lesson ActivitiesGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Students learn how to conserve and protect our natural resources with these green-themed lesson activities to boost environmental awareness and... |
