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    Grade 3 Sample Lesson Plan: Unit 1 - The 3 Rs (Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling) and The Environment

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    This lesson plan teaches third grade students about reducing, reusing, and recycling (the 3 Rs) through a variety of interactive activities. Students will watch videos, take online quizzes, and discuss ways to implement the 3 Rs at home and in their community. They will role play a future scenario where landfill space has run out to understand the importance of reducing waste. Students will then brainstorm ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle various items and assess how to recycle a tin can. The goal is for students to promote a healthier environment through applying the principles of the 3 Rs.

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    This lesson plan teaches third grade students about reducing, reusing, and recycling (the 3 Rs) through a variety of interactive activities. Students will watch videos, take online quizzes, and discuss ways to implement the 3 Rs at home and in their community. They will role play a future scenario where landfill space has run out to understand the importance of reducing waste. Students will then brainstorm ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle various items and assess how to recycle a tin can. The goal is for students to promote a healthier environment through applying the principles of the 3 Rs.

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    This lesson plan teaches third grade students about reducing, reusing, and recycling (the 3 Rs) through a variety of interactive activities. Students will watch videos, take online quizzes, and discuss ways to implement the 3 Rs at home and in their community. They will role play a future scenario where landfill space has run out to understand the importance of reducing waste. Students will then brainstorm ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle various items and assess how to recycle a tin can. The goal is for students to promote a healthier environment through applying the principles of the 3 Rs.

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    Grade 3 Sample Lesson Plan: Unit 1 - The 3 Rs (Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling) and The Environment

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    This lesson plan teaches third grade students about reducing, reusing, and recycling (the 3 Rs) through a variety of interactive activities. Students will watch videos, take online quizzes, and discuss ways to implement the 3 Rs at home and in their community. They will role play a future scenario where landfill space has run out to understand the importance of reducing waste. Students will then brainstorm ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle various items and assess how to recycle a tin can. The goal is for students to promote a healthier environment through applying the principles of the 3 Rs.

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    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lesson Plan Grade 3 – Unit 1

    Grade 3 Sample Lesson Plan:


    Unit 1 – The 3 Rs (Reducing, Reusing, and
    Recycling) and the Environment
    SOLs
    • 3.2.M Analyze how reducing, reusing, and recycling products promotes a healthier
    environment.
    • 3.3.Q Demonstrate ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle at home, at school, and in the
    community.

    Materials

    • Computer with internet access


    • Videos
    • White board.
    • Trash bin filled with trash (e.g., scrap paper, tin can, toilet paper rolls, empty
    kleenex boxes, empty milk cartons, empty pop bottles, tinfoil
    • Newspaper
    Procedure
    • Engage students in the recycling section of the interactive PBS Kids EekoWorld
    Website on the Environment http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/ or have them visit
    http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/go-green.html , read the Kids Health article “How
    to Be A Green Kid, ” and take the 3 R quiz on the site
    • Implement the Lesson Plan outlined below so that students can better understand
    the 3 Rs (Reduce (less garbage), Reuse (use an item more than once), Recycle (use
    an item more than once)
    Lesson PlanAdapted from
    Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (before we run out of space at the dump!)
    http://www.kidzone.ws/plans/view.asp?i=150
    Preparation
     Fill trash bin to overflowing with trash items and place it in the usual spot.
     Set out books on recycling, the environment, etc in the reading center.
     Prepare a make believe newspaper article from the year 2025 (see example below).
    Steps
     Ask the children if they know what happens to garbage after they put it in the garbage
    can. Write their thoughts on the white board.
     Explain to the children that garbage goes to a garbage dump (landfill) and that once one
    landfill gets full room for another one must be found. Show and discuss the PBS video ,
    Landfill-Human Impact on the Physical Environment
    http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/181216317-human-impact/birds-flying-
    over-landfill-human-impact-on-the-physical-environment-geography/

     Ask the children to imagine what it would be like if the city ran out of room for garbage.
    Comments aren't necessary at this point... just have them imagine the scenario in their
    heads.
     Read them the make believe news story from the year 2025.

    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lessons 2016-17



     Ask the children what they can do today to keep the news story from coming true?
     Write their ideas on the board.
     Introduce the concept of the 3 Rs (REDUCE, RECYCLEAND REUSE). Classify their ideas as
    Reduce, Recycle or Reuse.
    -------------
    REDUCE ==> make less garbage. For example, instead of buying juice boxes for lunch, buy
    a large container of juice and use a washable single serving container to take it to school.

    REUSE ==> use an item more than once. For example, when you get a plastic bag from
    the grocery store put it in your car and use it again the next time you go shopping.

    RECYCLE ==> turn an item into another useful item. For example, scrap paper from
    the classroom might be turned into newspaper or paper bags when sent to the recycling
    plant.

     Divide the children into groups of 2 to 4 students.


     Have each group take a few items out of the garbage can and move to their own area.
     Have them jot down some points about how they might use the 3 R's on the items they
    have chosen.
     On the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle worksheet, have them write down their ideas and which
    of the 3 R’s they reflect..
     Return to the large group. Have the children share one of their ideas. Write them down
    on the board.
     Place a tin can (or a few of them) in a central location in the class. Have the children
    individually propose ideas for RECYCLING the tin can.
     On paper or on the computer, have the children write the directions for recycling the can.
    They can add diagrams/artwork if they like on the Tin Can Recycling worksheet.
     Tell students to go home to discuss with your parents if/how their families use the 3 R's
    and write down ways they can help your family do a little bit more. Try out these
    strategies.
     Next class time ask the students to report and discuss what they learned.

    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lessons 2016-17


    Reduce, Reuse and Recycle worksheet

    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lessons 2016-17


    Tin Can Recycling Worksheet

    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lessons 2016-17


    Health Smart Virginia Sample Lesson Plan Grade 3 – Unit 1

    Assessment Idea
    • Evaluate student participation in discussion and activities.
    References

    • EPA Games and Quizzeshttps://www.epa.gov/students/games-quizzes-and-more


    • EPA Learning and Teaching About the Environment- Student
    Resources https://www.epa.gov/students
    • KidsHealth.org Be a Green Kid -http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/go-green.html
    • Kids Environment Kids Health http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/
    • PBS Kids EekoWorld – Interactive Website on the
    Environment http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/
    • PBS Kids: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle K-1 http://www-
    tc.pbskids.org/eekoworld/parentsteachers/pdfs/lessonk
    _1.pdf
    • PBS Learning Media: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lesson
    http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lpsc10.sci.life.lp_reduce/reduce-
    reuse- recycle/
    • PBS Learning Media: Environment- A Tale of Two Soup Cans
    http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/msts14.ela.twosoup/environment-
    a-tale- of-two-soup-cans
    • PBS Learning Media: Landfill-Human Impact on the Physical Environment
    http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/181216317-human-impact/birds-
    flying- over-landfill-human-impact-on-the-physical-environment-geography/
    • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/topics/reduce/
    • ToxTown https://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
    • Why We Recycle? - http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/recycling.asp
    • Scholastic- Earth Day Every Day
    https://beta.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson- plans/teaching-
    content/earth-day-every-day/
    • Scholastic - Pollution Solution https://beta.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-
    plans/teaching-content/pollution-solutions/

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