1. Multimedia Presentation Created by:
RECYCLING
Multimedia Presentation Created by:
Karyn Chandler
Mollie Dwyer
Wes Emlet
Patty Lewis

2. Click here to learn more facts about recycling
Statistics
Every piece of plastic ever made is still on Earth
Every year Americans use enough water bottles to circle the Earth
The average American makes 4 pounds of trash a day = 1,460 pounds a year!
Americans make 40% of the world’s waste
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3. This is what happens when you don’t recycle.
chris-jordan-midway-atoll-pacific-trash-gyre-albatross

4. Recycling Video

5. Main Menu
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Quiz

6. Types of recyclable products
Recycle
What is recycling?
Sorting activity
How does it work?
Types of recyclable products

7. What is Recycling? Definition Why we should recycle…
Collecting, separating, and changing items into something new
Why we should recycle…
Save our planet
Saves natural resources like trees
Reduce pollution

8. Types of recyclables
Plastic
Paper
Glass
Metal

9. How does it work?
Click on the box below to see what happens to your recyclables. (Check the volume on your computer)

10. Click here to play a sorting game.

11. What does it mean to reuse?
Project Directions
Project Examples
Project Rubric

12. What does it mean?
Reuse means using something more than once, or for a different purpose.

13. Project Directions
Using the recycled items you have collected at home, create a new object using at least 3 different materials.

14. Project Examples

15. Use of Recyclable Objects Object Serves a Purpose
Project Rubric 1 2 3
Use of Recyclable Objects
Uses 1 recycled object
Uses 2 recycled objects
Uses at least 3 recycled objects
Creates New Object
Does not create a new object
Creates a new object that is a little different from the original objects
Creates a new object completely different from the original objects
Object Serves a Purpose
New object has the same purpose as the original object
New object has a purpose which is almost like the original object
New object has a completely new purpose
Creativity
New object is not creative
New object is a little creative
New object is creative

16. Reduce
What does it mean?
Activity Directions

17. What does it mean? Reduce means to use less of something

18. Activity Directions
You will be given 3 short stories. Help the students find ways to reduce their amount of waste in each situation.
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19. Scenario 1
Larry brings a bag lunch to school every day. When he is finished he throws his paper bag, 2 plastic bags and banana peel away. What can Larry do to reduce his amount of waste?
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20. Scenario 2
Sarah buys a package of water bottles each week. She brings a new bottle to school every day. When she is finished she throws it away. What can Sarah do to reduce her waste?
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21. Scenario 3
Mrs. Greenwaldt is printing off a review for Science class. It is 1 sided and stapled with 1 question on each page. What should Mrs. Greenwaldt do to reduce the amount of paper she is using?
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22. Quiz time!

23. Question 1 Which is not one of the 3 R’s you learned about? recycle
reduce
reverse

24. Question 2
A soup can is a recyclable item?
True
False

25. Question 3 Which of these items can be recycled? A. Milk jug
B. Pizza box
C. Plastic spoon
D. All of the above

26. Question 4
You can recycle at home and at school.
True
False

27. Click here for your score
Click to print your results