November 15 is America Recycles Day. I only had a few classes today but those who came participated in a short class discussion about recycling. After that, children did a recycle activity where they had to sort pictures of different items into bins labeled RECYCLE, NO RECYCLE, or COMPOST. This was originally planned as a soccer activity where students dribbled out to a picture, picked it up, and dribbled to the correct bin. However, with the gymnasium set up for the Thanksgiving/Grandparent's Day program tomorrow, we had no gym available. It worked out fine, though, as Mr. Elmore loaned us his music room. The dribbling portion of the activity could not be done, for lack of space, but we still did the activity as a relay. I brought items from home to show students some things that could or could not be recycled. Mrs. Mould, our Early Childhood librarian, also loaned us some books on recycling that we referenced for information. In today's world, it is never too early to teach children to reduce, reuse, recycle, or re-purpose.
The first group of students heads out to the floor to pick up a picture and
determine if it goes in the RECYCLE, NO RECYCLE, or COMPOST bin.
This student drops an apple core into the compost bin.
This student places a picture of a can of motor oil into the no recycle bin.
Motor oil should be taken to a special hazardous waste location for recycling.
Milk cartons can be rinsed out and put into the recycling bin.
This student places a light bulb into the NO RECYCLING bin.
Detergent bottles can be rinsed out and placed in the recycle bin.
After our activity we compared how many items were in each bin.
Students discovered the bin of recycles had many more items.
We discussed how many people throw items away each day that could easily be recycled.
