Environment and Recycling

Using recycled and found materials is a great way to get kids to think creatively and it doesn't strain the budget. It also gets kids thinking about important environmental and social issues. This page is dedicated to ideas, resources and websites for projects and lessons based on recycling and found objects. 

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Websites:
The Green Art Classroom - This website gives some great tips and ideas for getting students to "become aware of what they need to do in order to improve and maintain the environment they live in." Here are some tips from the site:

• Always recycle everything that is able to be recycled.
• It is not how much that is used that is important, but how much is wasted.
• Use all parts of a piece of paper. This includes both sides and any extra white space.
• Take good care of all supplies so they last as long as they can.
• Draw and sketch lightly so mistakes can be easily erased.

Master In Education - 100 Great, Green Lesson Plans for the Classroom. These resources offer great lesson plans and activities for students from preschool to high school, and teach them how they can make an impact on the environment to keep it clean and free from waste. Find crafts, activities, PDFs and more, broken down by levels of education.

Make-Stuff - This site has a list of projects using recycled and found objects. Projects include: Lamps and vases from bottles, Things you can do with Tuna cans, Pine-Cone Owls, Making your Own Marbelized Paper, etc. 

Green Teacher - This magazine provides educators with environmentally-friendly ideas and activities for students.