Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MaceyLewandowski,SarahVester,FatimaTaho
Overview
First10minutes
Passoutwaterbottlesandgoldfishtostudents,each
getsonewaterbottleandonecupofgoldfish
BeginPowerPointwithphotoanddiscusswhythisis
badandhowitcouldbefixed.Makesuretotalk
abouthowthisisnothowwewantourcommunityto
look.
FinishthePowerPoint,makesurestudentsparticipate
byaskingquestions.
Explainactivity.
Next15minutes
Studentswillsplitintogroupsof45students,
accompaniedbytheirmentors
Studentswillcreatetheirpostersasagroup,mentors
canhelpbutitshouldbemostlythestudentswork
Next15minutes
Lookatpostersandtalkaboutwhateachgroupdid
wellandwhyrecyclingisimportant
Last5minutes
Exitquestionswillbeasked
Havestudentsrecycleorthrowouttheirbottlesand
cupsfromsnack
Learnersand
Environment
IntendedGoals
Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofwhyrecyclingis
important.
Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofwhattorecycle.
Givethestudentsabasicunderstandingofhowtheir
communitybenefitsfromrecycling.
LessonContent
AsaclasswelllookatthePowerPointanddiscussrecycling
andwhyitisimportant
Studentswillsplitupintogroupstomakeaposter
encouragingpeopletorecycle
Asaclasswewilldiscusswhateachgroupdidwell
15204thgradestudents,mixofboysandgirls
Atriskchildren
Mentorsforeachstudentwillalsobepresent
Environment:classroomwithadequatedesksandchairs,
whiteboards,andaninstructionstationthatincludesa
computerandprojector
LessonObjectives
Givenapieceoftrash,studentswillbeabletochooseifit
shouldberecycledorthrownoutwithouterror.
Giventheopportunitytopresenttheirpostertotheclass,
studentswillbeabletopersuadetheiraudiencetorecycle
within2minutes.
Standards
IndianaAcademicStandardsScience
Standard2:EarthScience
CoreStandard:
Describehowthesupplyofnaturalresources
islimitedandinvestigatewaysthathumans
protectandharmtheenvironment.(4.2.4,
4.2.5,4.2.6)
4.2.6Describewaysinwhichhumanshave
changedthenaturalenvironment.Explainif
thesechangeshavebeendetrimentalor
beneficial.
Materials
Procedure
Afterpassingoutsnacksanddrinkstothestudentspresent
thePowerPointtotheclass.
IdentifyandDiscussthepollutioninslide2.
Identifywhatrecyclingis,askeachstudenttoprovide
anexampleofrecycling.
Discussthecomponentsofrecyclingasaclass.
Discusshowyoucanrecycleasandwithinyour
community.
Introduceandexplaintheactivity.
Dependingonthesizeoftheclasssplitstudentsintogroups
of45students.
Thementorscanhelpkeepthestudentsontopic,and
canhelpstudentswiththeposterbutitshouldbe
mostlystudentwork.Thementorswillnothelpwith
presentations.
Thestudentswillbegiven15minutestocompletetheir
posterfortheclass.
littlewaterbottles
goldfish2bigboxes
dixiecupstoscoopandservegoldfish
recycling/garbagebin
constructionpaper
markers
projector
computer
magnets/tapetohangposters
Afterallthepostersarecompletethegroupswillputtheir
posterontheboardandbrieflypresenttheirposter.
Discussthepostersasaclassandpointoutwhateverygroup
didwellontheirposter.
Discussrecyclingagainasaclassandnotewhatthechanges
instudentresponsescomparedtoatthebeginningofclass.
Tocloseaskassessmentquestion.
Whileexitingtheclassroomstudentswillrecycletheirtrash
fromthesnacks.
Assessment
Toleavefortheday,eachstudenthastoansweraquestion
aboutsomethingthatwasdiscussedduringthelesson
References
http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/science
http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/recycle
http://www.chinatoday.com/china.topics/environment/china_
pollution_environment_08.htm
http://keepevansvillebeautiful.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/0
2/cartyesnomagnet.jpg
JournalArticle1:
http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/
pdfviewer?sid=40efd261837246c9b72825e261cd2b58%40sessio
nmgr113&vid=4&hid=125
JournalArticle2:
http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/
pdfviewer?sid=d70c27e595e94143bf015971a3fb406f%40session
mgr112&vid=1&hid=125
JournalArticles:
1. Thisfirstarticlediscussestheresultsofastudytoincreasecommunityandhousehold
participationinacurbsiderecyclingprograminNewZealand.NewZealanddidnothave
curbsiderecyclingprogramsandformedanexperimenttoseewhatactivitieswould
encouragerecyclingprograms.Itwasdiscoveredthatwhenhouseholdscommitted
verballytorecyclefor12weekstheyrecycledmorethanhouseholdswhodidnot
commit.Itwasalsofoundthatafinancialcommitmentdidnothelpwiththe
encouragementofrecycling.Householdswhohadtopayfortheirrecyclingbinsactually
recycledlessinthe12weekexperimentthanhouseholdswhoweregivenrecyclingbins
forfree.TheexperimentinNewZealanddemonstratespositiveandnegativeapproaches
torecyclinginacommunity.
Bryce,W.J.,&Day,R.(1997).Commitmentapproachtomotivatingcommunity
recycling..
JournalOfConsumerAffairs
,
31
(1),27.
2. Thisarticlediscussesthedirecteffectsofrecyclingandreducingwastewithinthe
classrooms.Implementingrecyclingprogramsinschoolswasavastamountofpositive
affectsonthestudents,environment,andcanhelpschoolssavemoney.Itsavesschools
moneyandsometimescanevenmakethemmoremoney.Inaddition,implementinga
recyclingprograminschoolsallowseducatorstodemonstrategoodenvironmental
responsibility.Thearticlegivesmultipleexamplesofhowschooladministrationscango
aboutapplyingthesetypesofprogramsinschools.Themostcommonandeffectiveway
tobeginrecyclingistohavecontainerslocatedinmultipleplacesaroundthecampus.By
motivatingallschoolstoparticipateinsomesortofrecycleprogram,thiswillhelpthe
overallnationwidezerowasteandreducedcarbonfootprintgoal.
Futcher,L.(2014).SchoolsGoingGreen.
EducationDigest
,
79
(8),4954.
PowerPointlink:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_gxYPVNqn5vhwXk8Q8PQBumIU4_Di4nv9WT486D
RNWg/edit?usp=sharing
Rubric
FivePoints Four
Points
Three
Points
TwoPoints
OnePoint
Total
Interestingfact
aboutrecycling
Factis
interesting
and
relevant
Factis
interesting
butnot
very
relevant
Factis
presentbut
not
interesting
Factis
presentbut
offtopic
Nofactis
present
Includesappropriate
images/symbols
Symbols
andimages
are
appropriate
andaidin
theoverall
lookofthe
poster
Symbols
are
appropriate
butdonot
aidthe
poster
overall
Symbols
arealmost
appropriate
anddonot
aidposter
Symbolsare
offtopic
Nosymbols
orimages
used
Creativeslogan
Sloganis
creative
and
motivation
al
Sloganis
creative
butnot
motivation
al
Sloganis
motivationa
lbut
lackingin
creativity
Sloganis
presentbut
neither
creativenor
motivational
Nosloganis
putonthe
poster
Presentation/
Participation
Every
studentin
thegroup
participated
inmaking
and
presenting
theposter
Most
students
participate
dinboth
parts
Some
students
participated
onepart,
others
participated
intheother
part
Afew
studentstook
overthe
wholeposter
and
presentation
Onestudent
didallor
mostofthe
work
Appropriateuseof
colorsanddesign
Colorsand
designare
neatand
easyto
lookat
Colors
wereused
butdesign
was
lacking
2colors
wereused
withsome
senseof
design
Onecolor
wasusedwith
somesenseof
design
present
Onecolor
wasused,
verylittle
senseof
design
Total
VideoLesson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOVYQZYpRw