Guiding+Activity+1+&+2+By+Barbara+Evans


 * Activity #1 by Barbara Evans **


 * Guiding Questions: **
 * ** What is waste? **
 * ** What kind of waste do we create at school? **


 * Objectives: **
 * Learners will discover what waste is and the types of waste we create at school.
 * Learners will understand that recycling helps keep the environment clean by reusing things instead of throwing them away.
 * Learners will find and research two different media sources to learn about waste and solutions to waste.
 * Learners will begin a classroom based recycling project.


 * Procedure: **


 * 1) Students will view videos, read articles and books on waste and solutions to waste.
 * 2) Students will research their own resources and will find two video and two article resources.
 * 3) Students will keep a journal to identify the different types of waste and solutions to waste from their own research.
 * 4) Students will upload the information they have researched and their responses to class questions to the class wiki.
 * 5) Students will present information to another classroom using the Wiki to guide them.


 * Materials: **


 * Computers and internet access
 * Journal notebooks
 * Class Wiki from Wikispaces.com


 * Resources: **


 * United Streaming: []
 * video 1: Reducing Waste and Cleaning Up the Lot **
 * video 2: The Blue Dragon: What a Waste! **
 * video 3: TLC Elementary School: People and the Environment **
 * video 4: Taking Care of Our Earth **
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 * Activity #2 by Barbara Evans **
 * (extending the learning with virtual classroom connections and multimedia production) **


 * Guiding Questions: **
 * ** What is waste? **
 * ** What kind of waste do we create at school? **


 * Objectives: **
 * Learners will discover what waste is and the types of waste we create at school.
 * Learners will understand that recycling helps keep the environment clean by reusing things instead of throwing them away.
 * Learners will find and research two different media sources to learn about waste and solutions to waste.
 * Learners will begin a classroom based recycling project.
 * Learners will create an online connection and network to share their recycling initiative.
 * Learners will produce a multimedia project to share.


 * Procedure: **


 * 1) Students will work in groups to develop a survey of questions to help the students learn about waste and recycling using Google Forms or Survey Monkey.
 * 2) Students will Skype into classrooms, from around the country and globe (if possible), and ask their questions to the teacher and students. (Teacher will first model this procedure)
 * 3) Students will create a multimedia presentation (video, powerpoint, voice thread presentation, prezi presentation, etc.) to answer the guiding question and will incorporate all their resources into that project.


 * Resource: **


 * [|Skype Around The World With 80 Schools.]
 * [|Skype]
 * [|Survey Monkey]
 * Wikispaces
 * [|Voice Thread]
 * [|Prezi]


 * Materials: **


 * Computers and internet access
 * Survey sheets
 * Google Forms
 * Survey Monkey

EXTRA: Fun Craft To Celebrate! Create: A ‘bag lady’! What happens if you forget to bring your own grocery bags? What do you do with the bags that they give you at the store? Do you reuse them or do you take them to the store to have them recycle them? Here’s a way to save your bags! Materials: Any plastic milk container

Construction paper

Paints, Stickers, or anything else you would like to decorated it with

Yarn

Fabric

Scissors

Glue Directions:
 * 1) Cut a slit in the bottom of the milk container. (This will be where you stuff in the bags. The spout will be where you will pull the bags out of.)
 * 2) Cut a circle out of the construction paper and decorate a face.
 * 3) Use yarn or other paper to create hair on the face.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Decorate the ‘body’ of the milk container however you’d like.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Use the material to create a skirt around the body of the milk container.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When the glue and paint dry stuff the bags through the slit that you cut.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Refill as needed!

Waste Girl Clipart and "Bag Lady" Craft courtesy of http://www.challahcrumbs.com/Torah_Study.php?artId=431