Waste Management Resources Waste managment in our schools is based on the "3 R's": Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Reduce means using fewer resources in the first place. This is the most effective of the three R's and the place to begin. Reuse is based on the idea that before you recycle or dispose of anything, consider whether it has life left in it. Recycling is the "R" that has caught on the best. Partly, this is because there are so many curbside recycling programs today. Title Gr Description Teacher Resources Select a grade of your choice You'll find an abundance of educational resources on this site, including lesson plans and classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels. You'll also find teaching activities, video assets, worksheets, puzzles, and more. Student Resources Select a grade of your choice Learn about the impact of the "Four Rs" around the world. Students will find plenty of ideas and activities on how to contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment. Classroom Display Materials All Grades Help show your students the benefits of thinking green. Simply print these materials and hang them at your school or hand them out to your students to show how a small effort by all can make a big difference. Beautify your classroom and our environment by enriching your students with inspiration from Waste Management.                                                                                          Title Gr Description Get in the Loop: All about the 3 R's 4-7 A teaching kit, provides a fun, hands-on way to help students learn about the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Why Do We Recycle? All Information on the environmental and economical reasons for recycling as well as a summary of what happens to the various materials that are recycled. Beyond the Blue Box All Based on the 3 Rs and suitable for all grade levels, this handout suggests a variety of ways in which students can be involved in waste management at their school. Garbologist Audits All Great activity to study what goes into garbage.   Litterless Lunch Day All Great activity where Students and staff bring their lunch in reusable containers and any trash gets taken home for reuse or recycling. Garbage vs Recycle Centre K Students will practise with models of what can be recycled, composted and what is garbage. For Your Information 1 Students will create a display to remind students in the school what can be recycled. Sort and Sift 1 Students will graph the different types of waste from one day’s garbage in their class. How Long Until Dirt 3 Students will understand the difference between composting and wasting food. Environmental Checklists 4 Students will examine their own involvement with keeping the environment clean and understand how they can make positive changes. They will create a personal checklist to be used to determine their environmental awareness. They will start to look at the school and the local community and examine where improvements could be made. Worm Wranglers 4 Students will learn how to set up and maintain a worm composter. School Garden 4 Students will examine the area around the school to determine if there is any erosion occurring and what is causing it. They will locate the best place for a school garden and pond based on their research. They will discover the value of planting on areas where there is soil erosion. Worm Wranglers 4 Students will learn how to set up and maintain a worm composter. Environmental Checklists 4 Students will examine their own involvement with keeping the environment clean and understand how they can make positive changes. They will create a personal checklist to be used to determine their environmental awareness. School Garden 4 Students will examine the area around the school to determine if there is any erosion occurring and what is causing it. They will locate the best place for a school garden and pond based on their research. They will discover the value of planting on areas where there is soil erosion. New Food Products 5 Students will work in small groups to create a new food product that will demonstrate a variety of principles including efficient packaging. In order to determine the best product, students will conduct a survey to determine what product would sell the best in their school community. Trash Attacks 5 Students will create a small “landfill” to discover what materials will rot naturally and break down into nutrients that plants need to grow and what materials will not decompose. They will see that nature will get rid of this garbage by using it over again. Once More With Feeling 6 Students will create a television commercial that focuses on reusing materials in a creative way. The items that are brought in for the activity can be used at a School Rummage Sale later in the year or donated to local community organizations. Filter It Down 7 Students will be challenged to create a water filter system of their own. Ecological Footprint 8 Students will discover their own ecological footprint and create a plan for reducing this figure. They will then extend this to the school and community to see how they are doing on this scale. Environmentally Friendly Community 8 They will research the efforts being made by their own school and community with respect to recycling and reducing the amount of waste material produced. They will determine what is needed to help their school and community become more conscious of the impact of waste reduction on a local and global scale. Recycling Survey 9 Students will have the opportunity to design and implement a survey collecting data about community practices regarding waste disposal. Audit of Household Waste 11 Students will analyse the garbage produced in their household. Where Do Wastes Come From 11 Students will investigate the types of wastes produced by society, the methods of disposal and research alterative methods available.