1 Materials 2: Recycled Materials Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Students identify those materials that can be recycled and possible uses for these materials. It is strongly recommended that this lesson be used as a follow up to the Science NetLinks lesson on Materials and Manufacturing (ORC# 460), in which students investigate the properties of building materials in the context of the story of The Three... 2 Garbage 1: The Roots of Trash Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: The purpose of this lesson is to help students identify the various natural resources used to produce common items and to understand how people use science and technology to produce those items. The lesson is meant to help students develop an understanding of what many of the common items we use every day are made of... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: The purpose of this lesson is to use Internet resources to explore the side effects of technology; and to design, implement and evaluate solutions related to the problem of waste disposal. At the end of the lesson students apply what they've learned to a practical real-life problem, reducing the school's garbage.... Projects: COR 4 Materials and Manufacturing Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This resource allows students to look at different kinds of materials; to identify the properties of materials and their suitability for different purposes. In this investigation, the familiar tale of The Three Little Pigs is used as an introduction to materials and manufacturing.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: This best practice unit engages students by making them student waste management consultants. They are 'hired' to evaluate their school and community recycling and waste management practices.... 6 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Five solutions to the garbage problem Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to provide one good point and one bad point for five different solutions to garbage disposal. This constructed response item is a sample of test items prepared and used in past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) administrations.... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–8 Professional Commentary: The US Environmetal Protection Agency provides this clever resource for educating students about solid waste management. The interactive site allows students to explore different areas of a city and learn about personal and commercial recycling and waste reduction efforts.... Projects: COR 8 Grade 5 Earth and Space Sciences Benchmark C: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This mini-collection aligns with Earth and Space Sciences Benchmark C: Describe Earth's resources including rocks, soil, water, air, animals and plants and the ways in which they can be conserved. The theme of this collection is conservation through waste management and recycling.... 9 Grade 5 Earth and Space Sciences Benchmark C: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This mini-collection aligns with Earth and Space Sciences Benchmark C: Describe Earth's resources including rocks, soil, water, air, animals and plants and the ways in which they can be conserved. The theme of this collection is conservation through waste management and recycling.... 10 Teacher Fact Sheet: Natural Resources Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: This Teacher Fact Sheet on Natural Resources provides helpful information about renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, recycling, the impact of resource consumption on ecosystems, a brief list of natural resources and the products and services produced from them, and much more. The fact sheet is part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's The Quest for Less, a K-8 program that provides hands-on lessons and activities, enrichment ideas, journal writing assignments, and other educational tools related to preventing and reducing waste.... |