LESSON PLANS AND EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Some of our challenges require that teachers engage students in the classroom with lesson plans and activities related to recycling and the environment.
Luckily, the SWMD has curated over 30 fun and exciting lesson plans across all grade levels and subjects. We also have identified state academic standards that apply to these lesson plans. If you want to learn more about how recycling-related topics can apply to Indiana academic standards, we have a list of quoted state standards that you can show to your fellow teachers and school administrators.
LESSON PLANS AND EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Grades Lesson Plan Title Source Subject State Standards LP #
K-2nd Recycle Often, Recycle Right Lesson Plans Waste Management Science K.ESS.4; 1.ESS.4 1
K-2nd What is Recycling? Education.com Social Studies K.3.7; 1.3.9; 2.4.1; 2.4.2 2
K-2nd Save the Earth: Recycle Education.com Social Studies K.3.7; 1.3.9; 2.4.1; 2.4.2 3
K-2nd Recycling Rules Education.com Art 4
K-2nd Make Your Own Recycled Paper Teach Engineering Science 1.PS.2 5
K-5th Plastics Investigations Unit Wakegov.com Science K-2.E.2; 3-5.E.3; 4.ESS.2 6
K-8th Feed the Bin Unit Overview Wakegov.com Science 3-5.E.2; 6-8.E.2; 6-8.E.3 7
3rd-5th A Little R&R Keep America Beautiful Social Studies 3.2.5; 4.2.7; 5.2.9 8
3rd-5th Recycle Often, Recycle Right Lesson Plans Waste Management Science 4.ESS.4; 5.ESS.3; 9
3rd-5th 3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost) Teach Engineering Science 3.LS.2; 3.LS.3; 4.LS.2; 5.LS.1 10
3rd-5th Making Tall & Strong Recycled Towers Teach Engineering Science 3-5.E.1; 3-5.E.2 11
3rd-5th Bury Your Trash Experiment Teach Engineering Science 3.LS.2; 3.LS.3; 4.ESS.4; 5.ESS.3 12
3rd-5th Composting with Worms Education World Science 3.LS.2; 5.LS.1; 5.LS.2 13
3rd-5th It's All in the Package Teach Engineering Science 3.5.E.1; 3-5.E.2 14
3rd-5th Recycling Lesson Plan Study.com Social Studies 3.2.5; 4.2.7; 5.2.10 15
3rd-5th Soils & Composting Explorations Unit Wakegov.com Science 16
3rd-5th The Giving Tree Council for Economic Education 17
3rd-5th Solid Waste Takes Over Teach Engineering Science 4.ESS.3; 4.ESS.4; 5.ESS.3 18
6th-8th MRF in Action Keep America Beautiful Science Engineering State Standards 19
6th-8th Thinking Green Teach Engineering Science 6-8.E.1; 6-8.E.4 20
6th-8th Landfills: Building Them Better Teach Engineering Science 6-8.E.1; 6-8.E.2 21
6th-8th Life Cycles Teach Engineering Science 6-8.LST.2.1; 6-8.E.3 22
6th-8th Product Development and the Environment Teach Engineering Science 6.4.6; 7.3.10 23
6th-8th Dome It Challenge Teach Engineering Science 6-8.E.1 24
6th-8th Using Nature to Make Resources from Waste Teach Engineering Science 6.LS.3; 25
6th-8th How Long Does Trash Last? Education World Science 26
6th-8th Recycling Discovery Education Social Studies 27
6th-8th Natural Resources Lesson Plan Study.com Science 28
6th-8th Plastic Explorations Unit Wakegov.com Science 29
9th-12th Building an Electric Magnet Teach Engineering Physics 30 9th-12th Close Encounters of the Polymer Kind Teach Engineering Chemistry 31
9th-12th Shantytown Construction Redesign Teach Engineering Chemistry 32