Decomposition - Landll

Materials: -Real small gardening shovels -Soil/Dirt (could be from the playground, ect.) -Large Bucket -Different types of papers (tissue, notebook, wrapping...) -Cardboard -Aluminum Pop Tab -Plastic Bag -Styrofoam Procedure: Discuss with the children and review what they already know about recycling. Have them think and predict which materials will start to break down rst and decompose if we bury them in dirt and mimick the Earth. Have them create a drawing of their predictions. Participate in creating landll together. Add dirt, trash items, and cover them with more dirt. Pour water on top to mimic rain fall. Ask questions and watch over the weeks. Add water every

Sorting recyclable and non-recyclable materials

Materials: Box of recyclable and non-recyclable items. Mini trash can. Actual Recycling Bin from Waste Management. Procedure: The children will be able to distinguish between materials based on if they can be recycled or not. We will place the trash can and bins on different sides of the big room, which is outside their classroom. We will give each child 2-3 materials and they will run across the big room and place the materials where they think they belong. After, we will come together as a group and go over the materials in each bin and discuss

What can you recycle?

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K-W-L ande Book Talk (Hook)

Materials: Book- We are Extremely Good Recyclers, by Lauren Child. Large sheet of paper. Markers. Procedure: Start by doing a K-W-L chart on recycling with the children. Then, read the book to them. Make sure to stop and ask questions to scaffold learning and talk about important points. After reading, have a grand discussion and show the children real items which are recyclable. Safety- None LA: Domain-Language and Literacy Development, StrandListening and Speaking, Topic- Expressive Langugage, Standard- With modeling and support, determine the meaning of unknown words/concepts using the context of

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How does Recycling work?

Make New Paper!

Materials: -Old scraps of paper (any kind will do) -Water -Glue -Paper press (Looks like two strainers that you push together and close) Procedure: Have the children tear up the used paper into small pieces. Then, make predictions on what will happen if they try to make new paper and what they think will happen. Mix scraps with water and just a little bit of glue, then spread it in the paper press. Wait till it dries and have them make observations and nally, peel of the new paper they created. Safety- None Math: Domain: Cognition and General Knowledge; SubDomain: Mathematics; Topic: Number Sense and Counting; Standard: Count by 20 by ones with increasing accuracy.