Recycling Activities

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Even though Earth Day is celebrated only one day on April 22nd, I did a huge week-long unit about ways even a child can pitch in and do their part to help sustain the earth.  I can only hope that the information that they learned, became healthy habits for them. 

Reducing man's carbon footprint has been a much talked about topic lately, so I thought I'd design an Earth Day writing prompt and footprint craft with that in mind.

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In the same way, all of us place pressure on the environment by the way we live our lives.  Scientists call this an “ecological or carbon footprint” one which can show how hard we tread on our earth’s resources.  

Leaving an environmental footprint means we have left things behind, that have not or can not be recycled, and the size of our footprint depends on how much biologically productive land and water we require to live our life. 

No matter what one knows about leaving a "carbon footprint" the fact is, that we all need to try to reduce them,  thereby impacting our world in a positive way.  I thought a good way to start, would be to make up a list of how to go about this. 

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Hopefully, just by sharing them, and making students aware of do-able things, via this checklist, they'll start implementing a few into their lives. 

earth day activities, earth day writing prompts, earth day bulletin boards, a list of activities students can do to help the earth, how to reduce your carbon footprint, carbon footprint writing prompt, carbon footprint crafts, carbon footprint activities, earth day crafts, After reviewing the information in the Reducing Your Environmental Footprint packet, (I've included a list of informative websites you may also want to visit) have students do the footprint writing prompt craftivity.  

To make things more personal and a keepsake, students can trace their own foot, or they can opt to use my flip flop template. 

After discussing things people can do to reduce their footprint and checking ones off the list that they can truly start doing, students write these down on their footprint. 

I've included several ways to go about this.  Students can write the prompt on their footprint, or they can write it on the back of the earth and simply glue their footprint on the globe. 

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A caption you could write on the large earth could be "Mr./Mrs. ____________'s class is stepping up to help the earth!"   earth day activities, earth day writing prompts, earth day bulletin boards, a list of activities students can do to help the earth, how to reduce your carbon footprint, carbon footprint writing prompt, carbon footprint crafts, carbon footprint activities, earth day crafts, Click on the link to view/download the Earth Day Footprint Writing Prompt Craftivity.  I hope your students enjoy it.

Every little bit truly does help and I find it comforting to know that many others are also on board, trying to make a difference one step at a time.  

If you're looking for a few more Earth Day recycling actvities and crafts, click on the link to pop on over to that section of my site. 

I also have a very "pinteresting" PIN board, entirely filled with more FREE Earth Day ideas, activities & crafts. I spend way too much time looking for free educational "stuff", but then you don't have to!

Thanks Stephanie, a librarian from Seattle,  who told me about a wonderful list of links to all sorts of recycling projects for children. (And a special thank you to Mary, her student, who shared it with her!)  If you have an educational website, craft or activity you'd like to share to help others, I'd enjoy hearing from you.  diane@teachwithme.com  or feel free to post a comment here.

earth day activities, earth day writing prompts, earth day bulletin boards, a list of activities students can do to help the earth, how to reduce your carbon footprint, carbon footprint writing prompt, carbon footprint crafts, carbon footprint activities, earth day crafts, That's it for today.  Thanks for visiting.  Praise the Lord the sun is shining, especially since we had snow flurries yesterday (What? I's March 28th for pete's sake!) and it's only 27 degrees out.  Sigh... I guess this is just another cold Michigan spring.  Wishing you a clean and green weekend.

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."  Mahatma Ghandi

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It's Keen To Go Green!

Do you need a quick and easy writing center?

Run off this “Love the earth” bookmark.

Students trace the words, fold the bookmark in half and glue it.

They write 3 things that they will do to reduce, reuse, and recycle to love their planet.

After everyone is done have them share their goals with their classmates.

This is a nice culmination activity for your recycling or Earth Day studies.

Click on the link to view/download Love the Earth bookmark.

I hope you can roll on over tomorrow for another quick teaching tip.

Do you have one you'd like to share?  I'd enjoy hearing from you: diane@teachwithme.com or feel free to post a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas.

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Let's Recycle!

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If you’re looking for some tabletop activities, I have an entire unit on recycling.  It’s 81-pages long and chock full of a variety of skill sheets, including patterning, greater and less than and graphing.

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Click on the link to view/download this cute recycling booklet. If you’re looking for some quick and easy recycling-themed “craftivities” you’ll find 4 of them in my Spring Art & Activities book.

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Click on the link to view/download the Spring Art & Activities book.

I hope you’ve found something here that will get you and yours interested in going green!

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Feel free to PIN and share anything from my website that you think someone else might enjoy.

Do you have something you’d like to share?  I’d enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com or feel free to leave a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas!  Thanks in advance.

"When you change the way you see things, the things you see change." -Unknown

Happy Recyling!