Lesson Type:

• Other

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Sustainability Topic:

• Waste Reduction

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GEF Program Category:

• Waste Reduction Challenge

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Standards Addressed:
Geography Standard 16: Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources.

• Benchmark # 5: Know advantages and disadvantages of recycling and reusing different types of materials.

Geography Standard 18: Understand global development and environmental issues.

• Benchmark # 2: Know ways in which resources can be managed and why it is important to do so (e.g., conservation practices, recycling non-renewable resources).

Technology Standard 3: Understand the relationship among science, technology, society and the individual.

• Benchmark # 4: Know that new inventions reflect people’s needs and wants, and when these change, technology changes to reflect the new needs and wants.
• Benchmark # 5: Understand that technology may affect the environment both negatively and positively (e.g., the introduction of plastics).

Language Arts Standard 8: Use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.

• Benchmark # 3: Respond to questions and comments (e.g., gives reasons in support of opinions).
• Benchmark # 5: Use strategies to convey a clear main point when speaking (e.g., express ideas in a logical manner, use specific vocabulary to present information).
• Benchmark # 7: Make basic oral presentations to class (e.g., use subject related information and vocabulary; include content appropriate to the audience; relate ideas and observations; incorporate visual aids and props; incorporate several sources of information).

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Lesson Documents:
Reusing or Recycling.Lesson.pdf

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Lesson Documents:
what-are-we-wasting.pdf

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