Think Green®

Students examine items to determine what they are made of–glass, paper, plastic, or metal.

Students explore how physical properties are used to sort recyclable materials efficiently.

After describing the look and feel of plastic samples, students complete an investigation to determine their relative densities.

Students learn the cycle of products; their consumption, recycling into new products, their resale manufactures to create new products and ultimately their resale to consumers.

Students explore how decaying organic matter can be harvested as a source of energy.

Students increase awareness about the environmental consequences of too much waste and identify solutions to the problem.

Students investigate and teach each other about the four environmental R's – reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.

This lesson focuses on recycling, with an emphasis on how recycling saves energy and the importance of electronics recycling.

Students will investigate the process of energy conversion and relate that process to waste-to-energy technology.

Students design a strategy to persuade a person, group or organization to implement a waste management strategy.

The purpose of this lesson is to engage students in thinking about solid waste and what we do with it.

Students learn about new options for solving solid waste problems and how methane can be used as an energy source.

Students develop, present, and evaluate their own and each other's individual plans to apply what they have learned about the 4 R's.