Project Title: From Trash To Treasure
Mission:
How can we reduce the amount of waste by changing states of matter?
Culminating / Take Action Project
Recycling Brochure and Presentation
What Kids Learn
Waste is a big problem in our world. Whether in landfills, oceans, or the bodies of animals, trash is impacting our environment and the Earth. The good news is that we can take action. In this project, kids will learn all about how waste is affecting our earth, how we can change the states of waste into something new, the importance of recycling, who is helping, and how we can help. Kids will then take action by creating a recycling brochure and sharing their ideas on how to recycle effectively.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Impact Awareness
Subject: Physical Science, Earth Science, ELA.
Grade: K-2
Topic: Physical science, states of matter, properties of materials, recycling, pollution.
Project preview
Project Materials
Below are all the materials available to you. Our recommendation is to download the teacher materials first and decide what additional materials you may want to print and download.
Teacher
Materials
Teacher's Guide
Materials List
Student Mission Log
Intro + Life Habits
Impact Awareness
Life Habit Activity
Intro & Life Habit Activities
Explore:
Self Directed Online
Online Project Module
Take Action:
Hands-On Activities
Take Action Project
Hands-On
Projects
Take Action
Project Booklet
Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
- Writing Standards W1,2,4,5,6,7,9 for grades K-2.
- Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6.
NGSS Standards:
- K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable
properties
2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
2-PS1-3. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.
2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
- NGSS SEP: Asking Questions and Defining Problems, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
- NGSS CC: Energy and Matter, Cause and Effect, structure and function, stability and change.
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