Subject
|
Sponsor
|
Brief
Description of Resource
|
Link
|
| Aluminum
Cans |
Can Manufacturers
Institute |
The ABCs
of Environmental Education includes background information,
in-class experiments and extracurricular activities intended
to meet the environmental education material guidelines of
the North American Association for Environmental Education
and Project 2061's Benchmarks for Science Literacy. |
The
ABC's of Envrionmental Education |
| Aluminum
Cans |
The Aluminum
Association |
This program
is the result of a partnership between the Aluminum Association
and Habitat for Humanity International that began in August
of 1997. This partnership allows for money earned from recycling
aluminum cans to be donated to Habitat for Humanity in order
to build homes with families in need.
|
Aluminum
Cans Build Habitat for Humanity Homes |
| Rechargeable
Batteries |
Rechargeable
Battery Recycling Corp. |
Developed
by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America
Beautiful, the RBRC Battery Lesson Plan is FREE and available
to all educators. The lesson plan is recommended for ages
10 and up.
|
www.rbrc.org |
| Christmas
Trees |
National
Christmas Tree Assn. |
Information
about natural Christmas Trees, their care, and recycling
of trees at the end of the holiday season |
Real
Trees4Kids
|
| Glass |
Glass
Packaging Institute |
Grade-appropriate
Teacher's Guide that includes: reproducible pages of information
that can be used for classroom discussion; glass recycling
illustrations; and suggested classroom activities.
|
Teacher's
Guide |
| Packaging |
FoodService & Packaging
Institute |
Updated
in 2002, the latest version of the teacher’s kit, entitled "Single-Use
Foodservice Packaging Facts and Fun: Environmental Science
Lesson Plans and Activities for the 7th and 8th Grades," is
available on CD-ROM and on-line in HTML and PDF versions.
FPI also created a fun, interactive game specifically for
students that covers the information presented in the kit. |
Educational
Resources |
| Paper & Wood |
American
Forest & Paper Assn. |
Background
on paper recycling and instructions for joining the Billion
Bags Campaign, a nationwide effort to reuse and recycle more
paper grocery bags. Students decode a secret environmental
message. Learn the facts about paper use and recycling, sustainable
forestry and how to make a difference in your community through
this wide selection of flyers, classroom posters, hands-on
projects, e-Courses and interactive exhibits.
|
Educator
and Student Section |
| Plastics |
Environment & Plastics
Industry Council |
Over the
years, EPIC has worked very closely with the Canadian teaching
community to ensure that all of its teaching resources meet
the stringent requirements of today's teachers. EPIC's Teachers'
Resource Site, is an educational web site that offers numerous
free resources to assist teachers in addressing the subject
of plastics in the classroom. |
Teacher
Resources |
| Plastics |
Society
of the Plastics Industry |
Through
this resource, educators can find curricula for students
at various stages of their primary and secondary school experience. |
Resources |
| Plastics |
American
Plastics Council |
On this
site, background materials about plastics are made available
to both teachers and students, along with easily downloaded
step-by-step depictions of classroom activities. In addition,
there are links to a wide variety of plastics resources.
The American Plastics Council has created a kit containing
samples of a variety of recycled plastic resins and products
that will supplement the information found on this site,
and assist you in presenting the materials to your students.
|
Teaching
Plastics |
| Plastics |
Plastics
New Zealand |
Plastics
New Zealand has prepared a teachers resource kit, "Plastics
in the Technology Curriculum", to accompany the introduction
of the new Technology Curriculum. This is a comprehensive
introduction to polymers including their history, manufacturing
techniques, uses and future outlook. The kit also includes
practical, hands on exercises for pupils to carry out. |
Plastics
In The Education Arena
|
| Polystyrene
Packaging |
Polystyrene
Packaging Council |
A compendium
of information and educational resources designed to help
teachers educate students about polystyrene packaging and
the environment. |
Educational
Materials |
| Steel |
Steel
Recycling Institute |
Stimulating
educational tools to teach young people about sensible solid
waste management, the Steel Recycling Institute developed
Steel Cycles, an educational program which spans grades pre-K
through 12. The Steel Cycles components can be used independently
or in conjunction with other classroom material, and are
available either free of charge or at a nominal price. |
Educational
Resources |
