Lesson Plans Lesson Plan # 1 Purpose: To show students what happens to the trash they throw away.
Lesson Plan # 2 Purpose: To show students the potential hazardous effects of common household products
Lesson Plan # 3 Pupose: To show students alternatives to household products that are not as hazardous to the environment.
Lesson Plan # 4 Purpose: To show students that reusing items decreases waste.
Lesson Plan # 5 Purpose: To show students how different types of paper will affect the quality of recycled paper.
Lesson Plan #6 Biodegradability Capsule (2nd & 3rd grades)
Lesson Plan #7 Fireplace Logs From Newspapers (1st - 6th)
Lesson Plan#8 Is Your School a Dumping Ground? (5th)
Lesson Plan#9 Junk Art (Kindergarten)
Lesson Plan#10 Making a Mini-Landfill (4th - 6th)
Lesson Plan#11 Paper Capers (4th - 6th)
Lesson #12 Best ever compost activity for (4th-6th). The objective is to learn about composting.
Lesson #13 How hot is my compost? For (7th-8th) The objective is to study the dynamics of heat in the composting process.
Lesson #14 Composting: a great, rotten idea (7th-8th). The objective is to have students investigate the pros and cons of composting.
Lesson #15 Where should it go? Recycle, Compost? Incinerater? Lansfill? (K-3rd) The objective of this lesson is to understand that solutions to garbage disposal problems are varied and complex.
Cornell's information on composting for teachers and students
More Composting Links for Teachers and Students
[Texas A&M Composting Facility] [Worm Composting] [Aggie Horticulture]