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This story follows a young boy and his journey to change his poor habits of simply throwing things out and not acting green as he sees the direct impact they are having on our environment. We see the journey of a plastic straw thrown out and ending up in the ocean, trash scattered across the earth, lights left on with no one in the room, water left running, and wasted food. This boy learns a few simple words that can help him turn green. We continuously hear "Not for me please, I choose to act green!" This is a book that will surely get you thinking green.

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Not for me, please!: I choose to act green

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Not for me, please!: I choose to act green - Kindle edition by Godsey, Maria, Kellner, Christoph. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Not for me, please!: I choose to act green.

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This interactive books explains recycling from start to finish and focuses in on different types of garbage from paper, glass, aluminum cans, plastic, and polystyrene. This book is a step by step guide on recycling and how to ensure we are taking the necessary precautions to protect our environment through recycling.

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Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products.

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Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby

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Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby

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This empowering book teaches readers about 12 kid activists who have made a difference in their community and world as we face a climate crisis that must be fixed. We cannot find a solution without activists like the 12 kids we learn about. This book offers step by step solutions that readers can take in their own lives such as starting community gardens, ensuring we are mindful about our plastic use, cleaning up the beaches, etc. This book leaves us with a wonderful message that no matter how young we are, we can be activists for our environment right in our community to help make a difference in our world.

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Old Enough to Save the Planet - Kindle edition by Kirby, Loll, Lirius, Adelina. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Old Enough to Save the Planet.

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Glamorous Garbage by Barbara Johansen Newman

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Glamorous Garbage by Barbara Johansen Newman

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In this fun and relatable story, Bobbie is given a task to declutter her room and get rid of the items she no longer needs or uses. As we read we see Bobbie start a garage sale where she is able to sell some of her old belongings that will later become a treasure to other individuals. This is a wonderful story that teaches kids about the importance of recycling and repurposing. Even though we may no longer need items, we can recycle items that others may find to be exactly what they need. This is an excellent story for teaching readers about resourceful ways to get rid of clutter rather than just throwing it out to fill up our landfills.

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Bobbie's room is full of stuff-SO full, that it's hard for her and her "best cousin," Joanie, to find space to play. When Bobbie's mom gives her a two-week deadline to clear out the clutter, Bobbie has an idea-instead of taking stuff out of her room, she brings garage-sale...

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This Class Can Save the Planet by Stacy Tornio

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This Class Can Save the Planet by Stacy Tornio

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In this story, we put the well-being of our planet directly into the hands of our kids. This story gives wonderful examples that students can take part in to help our planet from using both sides of the paper and then recycling it in the recycling bin, using reusable materials rather than plastic baggies or plastic water bottles, composting food rather than throwing it away, using what we already have rather than buying new, donating clothes, etc. It ends by ensuring readers that they know how important our voice and actions are in keeping our planet safe and healthy.

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This Class Can Save the Planet [Tornio, Stacy, Brittain, Kristen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This Class Can Save the Planet

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During Kenya's spring vacation, she visits a museum in which recycled items are created into pieces of art. After being given the task to get rid of some of her old toys, Kenya feels inspired by this museum and tries it out herself. She takes her old toys, such as a broken airplane, and turns them into art. She learns the importance of recycling and reusing old goods to create new ones. All readers will feel inspired by Kenya to make something new out of old goods rather than just throwing them away.

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Amazon.com: Kenya's Art: 9781570918483: Trice, Linda, Mitchell, Hazel: Books

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Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle by Erica Fyvie

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Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle by Erica Fyvie

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This book is a step-by-step tutorial that children can take to start helping their environment and making a difference in their world. For example, while reading, readers learn about how the time it takes for a t-shirt to decompose, how many of our everyday items are made from recyclable materials, and how our habits have a direct impact on the Earth and its health. Throughout readings and after reading, students will feel inspired to start changing their bad habits and create new ones to help our planet.

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Trash Revolution: Breaking the Waste Cycle

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All the "stuff" that surrounds us has a life cycle: materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals...

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In this engaging story, we follow two children who did not recycle until their teacher taught them what recycling was and why it was so important. They discussed how trash is not just trash and it should actually be sorted through so they can go through their individual processes. Recycling directly impacts the new products that are made such as cans being melted down to make new bikes and scooters or paper being shredded to create new books and comics. Our actions and choice to recycle or not has a tremendous impact on the products in our world as the kids learn through their lesson with Mr. Jones.

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Why Should I Recycle?: Helping Kids Take Care of Planet Earth (Social Emotional Learning, Growth Mindset, classroom and homeschool supplies) (Why Should I? Books)

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Amazon.com: Why Should I Recycle?: Helping Kids Take Care of Planet Earth (Social Emotional Learning, Growth Mindset, classroom and homeschool supplies) (Why Should I? Books): 9780764131554: Green, Jen, Gordon, Mike: Books

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet by Jess French

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet by Jess French

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This text allows students to read and visually learn about the impacts we have on our Earth through recycling. This book allows readers to see the positives that both humans and the world get from recycling, but it also allows readers to see the downside of a world where there is no recycling and where our trash ends up.

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Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.

This environmental book will teach keen young ecologists about our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes. Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there's a floating mass of rubbish larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean?

It's not all bad news though. As well as explaining where we're going wrong, What a Waste shows what we're doing right! Discover plans already in motion to save our seas, how countries are implementing schemes that are having a positive impact, and how your waste can be turned into something useful. Every small change helps our planet!

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What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

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What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet [French, Jess] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

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This book tells kids about a town in major need of recycling as there is trash and junk everywhere. The town relies on Michael Recycle to save the day with his recycling superpowers. Read to find out how Michael Recycle teaches the importance of recycling and why having garbage laying around our town is not of benefit to our community.

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Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, Michael Recycle tells the adventures of a young superhero whose power allows him to teach people about recycling. After cleaning up a town, the people declare: "To Michael Recycle! The green-caped crusader, our super-green hero, the planet's new savior!"

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One plastic bag seems like one plastic bag until it is not. In this story, readers learn the negative effects of plastic bags on our environment. Although it seems as though plastic bags are harmless, readers soon learn that plastic bags can pile up and attracts bugs leading to diseases. Plastic bags can be mistaken as food for animals causing them to die. Plastic bags were leaving terrible smells around the community when burned. Although it seemed like just a plastic bag, this story teaches us the importance of recycling our plastic bags from our character Isatou.

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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) [Paul, Miranda, Zunon, Elizabeth] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

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Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Crandall Brown

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Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Crandall Brown

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This hilarious story follows a milk jug and a juice bottle and their story of falling in love... until Juice was recycled and Milk no longer has his romantic partner by his side. This story follows the recycling journey that milk and juice go through after being separated due to recycling. Is it possible that juice is gone forever?

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Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance [Brown, Meredith Crandall, Brown, Meredith Crandall] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance

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Green Machine: The slightly gross truth about turning your food scraps into green energy By Rebecca Donnelly

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Green Machine: The slightly gross truth about turning your food scraps into green energy By Rebecca Donnelly

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This story shows where our food scraps end up and how recycling and taking care of our trash starts at home. The food that our families put in the trash bags and bins waits to get picked up by the garbage truck, or the food scrap collection machine. Once picked up, readers learn about the power their food scraps and recycled goods hold. So much power that it could power a whole town.

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Rebecca Donnelly (Author), Christophe Jacques (Illustrator)

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Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth about Turning Your Food Scraps into Green Energy

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Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth about Turning Your Food Scraps into Green Energy [Donnelly, Rebecca, Jacques, Christophe] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth about Turning Your Food Scraps into Green Energy

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I'm Trying to Love Garbage by Bethany Barton

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I'm Trying to Love Garbage by Bethany Barton

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This engaging book looks at all of the individuals who play a role in the trash in our ecosystem from producers to decomposers to even humans. We all play a very important role in making sure that our garbage ends up where it needs to go. If our garbage does end up in our environment, this book teaches readers how decomposers, producers, and humans handle it.

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I'm Trying to Love Garbage - Kindle edition by Barton, Bethany, Barton, Bethany. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading I'm Trying to Love Garbage.

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How I Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle by Robin Nelson

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How I Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle by Robin Nelson

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This story follows a child and her path to finding ways to be green and good to the environment through the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Readers are given recycling practices that they can implement into their own lives.

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How I Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (First Step Nonfiction ― Responsibility in Action)

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How I Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (First Step Nonfiction ― Responsibility in Action) [Nelson, Robin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How I Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (First Step Nonfiction ― Responsibility in Action)

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Here Comes the Garbage Barge! By Jonah Winter

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Here Comes the Garbage Barge! By Jonah Winter

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Readers learn that humans create about 4 pounds of garbage every single day. If this garbage was not taken care of properly by the Garbage Barge, our community would be a mess. This is a story that highlights a town that had over 3,000 tons of garbage but had nowhere to put it until the Garbage Barge saved the day. This is a story that teaches students what life before recycling was like. A mess.

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Here Comes the Garbage Barge! [Winter, Jonah, Red Nose Studio] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

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Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Steven Kroll

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Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Steven Kroll

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This book follows the story of Pinch the packrat and his struggle with all of the junk that he needs to sort through and get rid of. Little does Pinch know that he can actually make money by getting rid of things and help the environment by recycling. This book teaches us why it is so important to practice our 3 R's: reduce, reuse, recycle.

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A bulldozer pushes a plastic bag that was thrown away by an individual, but the wind blows this plastic bag around. This plastic bag meets so many individuals and goes on quite a trip. This story captures how far a plastic bag can travel through one irresponsible act of throwing it away when it should have been recycled. This story highlights how one simple action can impact people both close to us and far away as the bag flies from place to place.

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In a singular first children's book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser follows a plastic bag on its capricious journey from a landfill into a seriesof townspeople's lives. (Ages 5-8)One cold morning in early spring, a bulldozer pushes a pile of garbage around a landfill and uncovers ...

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In this story, readers take a look at the implications of not taking proper care of our garbage and goods that should be recycled. It takes place primarily in the ocean as we look at the animals that are impacted by our garbage. As we read, we see the domino effect of our own actions and how important it is to recycle and take care of our trash. Through the repetition of the sentence "The mess that we made" and the captivating illustrations, readers are sure to be inspired to recycle and properly dispose of their trash.

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The Mess That We Made - Kindle edition by Lord, Michelle, Blattman, Julia. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Mess That We Made.

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Trash Magic: A Book about Recycling a Plastic Bottle By Angelique Johnson

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Trash Magic: A Book about Recycling a Plastic Bottle By Angelique Johnson

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All readers can relate to this story as we follow the 'life cycle' of a plastic bottle. As we read, we learn about the cycle that plastic goes through when we make the conscious choice to recycle the plastic and not throw it away. This cycle is described as the plastic loop. This book entices all readers to recycle their plastic as we can conserve so many resources and make new ones as well from one simple act of recycling a plastic bottle.

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Trash Magic: A Book about Recycling a Plastic Bottle (A+ Books: Earth Matters)

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Trash Magic: A Book about Recycling a Plastic Bottle (A+ Books: Earth Matters) [Lepetit, Angie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Trash Magic: A Book about Recycling a Plastic Bottle (A+ Books: Earth Matters)

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Nico's New Necklace: Nico and the Pollution Problem by Stewart Dunn

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Nico's New Necklace: Nico and the Pollution Problem by Stewart Dunn

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Nico is a seagull that loves to find the goodies left behind on the beach, until one day he comes across a piece of trash left behind by a human. This piece of trash is not what is seems as Nico ends up getting it stuck around his neck and has difficulties getting it off. This book sheds light on how our actions directly impact the environment around us, specifically animals like Nico the Seagull. This is a story that focuses on the pollution problem caused by humans.

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Nico's New Necklace: Nico and the Pollution Problem

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Squawk, Squawk! Listen up! Nico the bird MUST be heard! Nico loves his seashell treasures. But when the humans arrive at the beach, they bring their own treasures. Nico puts on a necklace he finds and discovers these treasures are not what they seem. These birds have a pollution problem!

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Dear Earth... From your Friends in Room 5 by Erin Dealey

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Dear Earth... From your Friends in Room 5 by Erin Dealey

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This engaging story, with amazing illustrations, allows readers to understand how their simple acts of recycling can do wonders for our earth, but when we don't make those conscious efforts, we see the impacts from sea animals mistaking plastic for food or the missed opportunity of using our food scraps for compost. This book directly addresses how our actions can have immediate pros and cons for our environment.

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Dear Earth...From Your Friends in Room 5

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Dear Earth...From Your Friends in Room 5 [Dealey, Erin, Uribe, Luisa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dear Earth...From Your Friends in Room 5

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The Last Straw: Kids vs Plastic by Susan Hood

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The Last Straw: Kids vs Plastic by Susan Hood

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The beautiful illustrations in this book are sure to capture your attention as well as the wonderful message in this book. This story focuses on the issue with plastic in our world and how our world is covered with plastic that should not be in the environment directly hurting our environment and the animals in it. Throughout this story we meet different children who are invested in solving the plastic problem and have created innovative ways to work through this issue from scientific "jellyfish snot" to using plastic for solar heaters.

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The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics [Hood, Susan, Engel, Christiane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics

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1. What is a cost?

2. What is a benefit?

3. What are the costs of not recycling?

4. Why is it beneficial to recycle?

5. What will happen if we don't recycle within our community and world?

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1. What is recycling?

2. What items should always be recycled?

3. Where do our trash and recycled goods go?

4. What are the Three R's? What do they mean?

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The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nuria Roca

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The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nuria Roca

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This is a wonderful story that allows readers to see the importance of recycling and just how our small actions of choosing to follow the Three R's can help our environment. This books offers simple solutions to help reduce waste, but to also help us be more conscious of our own actions at home when it comes to our food waste and throwing things out.

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The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books)

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The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books) [Roca, Nuria, Curto, RosaM.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (What Do You Know About? Books)

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1. What and who makes up our environment?

2. What are some environmental issues that occur when we do not recycle?

3. Why can it be harmful to not recycle?

4. Can one item being thrown out when it should be recycled really make a difference?

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Tim and Moby walk us through the process and steps of recycling and how to sort through items from paper to plastics. This video gives students an insight into what to look for at their own homes to sort through items that are recyclable and items that are not.

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Polly Olly and his friends teach us about recycling bins and how to figure out what items go in what bin. This video puts a fun spin on recycling as we see another character get upset if items go in the incorrect bin. It is our responsibility to sort our items and know where to put them.

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Polly Olly - Kids Videos and Nursery Rhymes

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What is recycling? | Recycling for children | Learn to recycle | Polly Olly

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This video gives students an insight into the pollution problem and why our actions are so important in helping the environment stay healthy and safe. This video also offers tips for watchers that they can implement into their own life to ensure they are doing what is best for the environment.

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How to Take Care of the Environment - Save Environment (Learning Videos For Kids)

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This text gives a visual representation of where the items that we recycle go in sequential order. Within each section, there is a description of what happens during the process whether it be the garbage truck picking up the items, sorting through glass objects, sorting through plastics, etc.

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This engaging text gives some insightful information on how glass is recycled as there is a preconceived idea that glass cannot be recycled, when believe it or not, it actually can and should be recycled. The text teaches kids about sorting, cleaning, breaking down, and heating the glass. This text gives students the opportunity to try recycling out on their own after reading.

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? Each day, you probably have many chances to . For example, your school might have recycling bins. If so, you can all sorts of products. You might also have recycling bins set up at home for aluminum cans or newspapers.

Your family members might also have recycling bins where they work. Have you learned about the importance of recycling? The on Earth are being used up by the billions of people who live here.

Everyone needs to help cut down on the they use. It's also important to items when you can. When things can't be reused, they should be recycled. That way, they can be used over and over again.

Can everything be recycled? No, not all things can be recycled. But you might be surprised to learn how many things CAN be recycled. You may already know about aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Did you know you can also glass?

You probably use all sorts of glass items. Just check your refrigerator at home. How many glass jars and bottles do you see? Many might see glass pickle jars, glass leftover containers, and even glass bottles. Unfortunately, most people only a small fraction of the glass they use.

Glass can be recycled to make all sorts of things. Recycling glass really helps the planet. Making new products from recycled glass causes less air and water pollution. It also uses less energy than making new glass.

When glass arrives at a recycling plant, people and machines sort it by color. Similar colors of glass must be recycled together. That way, recycled products are as pure as possible. This makes them stronger and less likely to break.

Once the glass is sorted, it's washed. That's when the breaking begins. That's right! To be recycled, glass has to be crushed to make a raw material called .

Glass manufacturers love . It's cheaper than the raw materials they'd need to make new glass. It also melts at a lower temperature. That means they save energy during the production process.

Glass manufacturers mix with other materials like limestone, sand, and soda ash. Then they heat it to over 2600º F. This makes liquid glass, which can then be poured into a mold. There, it cools and forms a finished glass product.

Most recycled glass is used to make new glass containers, such as jars and bottles. However, recycled glass can also find its way into all sorts of other products. That includes fiberglass insulation , tiles, and a variety of construction products.

Do you at home or school? What glass products should you be sure to when you're done with them? With everyone doing their part, recycling glass can make a huge difference for the planet!

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Today's Wonder of the Day can be used over and over again!

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1. Create a 3 R's Triangle in which students will write the definition of reduce, reuse, and recycle and examples of each.

2. Memory Card Game: Students will be given their own set of cards, which can be digital on Jamboard or paper copies of cards, with items that are recyclable like cereal boxes, soup cans, glass jars, etc., and items that are not recyclable like diapers, tissues toilet paper, foam containers, etc. Students will be asked to sort the cards into two piles, recyclable or nonrecyclable. For further engagement, you can make it a competition amongst students to see who gets the most right or who gets it done fastest.

3. What's in our desks that we can recycle?: Students will use this activity as a way to sort and organize their desks and find items that are recyclable versus not like old worksheets, crayon boxes, dried-out markers, etc. Students will then add to a classroom Padlet and add the items they found and why they were able to be recycled or not. Students will then compare with their classmates to ensure they sorted their items correctly.

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National Geographic: How Can We Keep Plastic Out of Our Ocean

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National Geographic: How Can We Keep Plastic Out of Our Ocean

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Plastic pollution is a direct result of our actions such as not recycling plastic bags or throwing out our plastic straws. This plastic then ends up in our ecosystem hurting our sea animals. This video offers solutions for the plastic problem we are seeing in our environment and how we can practice the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) to help with the plastic problem.

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How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic

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Wonderopolis: How Long Does it Take for Plastic to Decompose?

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Wonderopolis: How Long Does it Take for Plastic to Decompose?

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This text teaches students about the plastic problem in our environment and why the problem is present since it takes hundreds of years for plastic to decompose, or break down, in our environment. This text informs students of the importance of recycling plastic or investing in reusable materials to help the plastic problems since it takes quite a while for it to decompose when left in the environment.

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Do you playing sports? Whether it's kicking a soccer ball, spiking a volleyball over the net, throwing a football, or shooting a basketball, sports teach kids important lessons about teamwork.

Sports also help you to get good exercise and improve your conditioning . After a long practice or a hard-fought game, your muscles can feel tired. It's important to your body with healthy food, plenty of rest, and replenishing liquids.

To a , there's nothing quite like down a refreshing bottle of water or a sports drink. But when you're finished, what do you do with the plastic bottle?

Do you it in the trash? Or do you look for a recycling container? Does it matter? Environmental experts would tell you that it absolutely does matter.

Why? Unlike materials, like food and paper products, petroleum-based plastics don't decompose quickly. Many sources estimate it can take 500-1,000 years for plastic to decompose in a landfill.

With the rate at which we use plastic bottles these days, the fact that they don't decompose quickly in landfills is an environmental concern. Recycling efforts certainly help, but many people still throw plastic in the trash rather than recycling it.

The most common type of plastic used today is polyethylene, a petroleum-based that doesn't biodegrade ( microorganisms won't break it down). Instead, this type of plastic decomposes as a result of exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, a process called photodegradation.

There's some debate about how long this process takes. Some believe it takes hundreds of years. However, in 2009, Japanese researchers determined that plastic in warm ocean waters can decompose in as little as a year.

While that might sound promising, they noted that the plastic breaks down into substances that can be toxic to marine wildlife and humans. And a year is still longer than many other materials take to decompose.

For example, paper can decompose in a matter of weeks. Some foods take as long as a few months. The one thing that may be worse than plastic is glass, which can take millions of years to decompose - if it decomposes at all.

Of course, all of these statistics can't always be counted on in the real world. In many landfills, processes are used to continually bury waste in ways that reduce problems with odors. The result is that natural processes that might otherwise break down materials are interrupted or prevented altogether.

Scientists are continuing to work on the problem of plastic waste. For example, in recent years, researchers have developed two new types of biodegradable plastics: plant-based hydro-biodegradable plastic and petroleum-based oxo-biodegradable plastic. Some studies have shown these new biodegradable plastics might decompose in as little as two to three months.

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How Long Does It Take Plastic To Decompose?

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Today's Wonder of the Day will break down the facts about how long some materials stick around!

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1. What does it mean to make a difference?

2. What is an activist?

3. How can we help our environment right in our homes?

4. How can we help our environment in our communities?

5. Why must we be mindful of our recycling habits?

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This video offers recycling facts that show the benefits of recycling versus just throwing away our trash. This video clear displays the positive and negative impacts of recycling versus choosing to not reduce our waste, reuse items rather than buying new, and recycling rather than throwing things out.

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Recycling Facts for Kids - Why is Recycling Important? | What is Recycling? | Recycling for Kids

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This informative video shows viewers 17 students who are taking the plastic problem into their own hands and studying the plastic problem. These 17 students are promoting the importance of recycling plastic and cleaning up our environment so our marine life is not impacted negatively by our poor choices. This is a great exemplar video to show students how they can be change makers in their world.

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Kids Take Action Against Ocean Plastic | Short Film Showcase

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This video teaches kids 10 environmental friendly strategies that they can implement in their own lives to care for the Earth. If students are looking to make a difference, this is the video to watch as the tips given are very easy to do. This is a beginners guide to becoming a change maker in their own environment.

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How to Take Care of the Environment - 10 Ways to Take Care of the Environment

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NowThis: What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected?

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NowThis: What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected?

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This video walks us through the process of recycling from it being taken away by the garbage truck to the sorting, melting, and remaking items. This video also highlights the positives of sorting through our items and recycling them and it's positive impact on the community and environment.

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What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected? | NowThis

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Wonderopolis: What's So Great About Going Green?

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Wonderopolis: What's So Great About Going Green?

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This informative read allows readers to dive into the positive impacts that recycling can have on our environment. Many individuals believe that being green does not truly have that immense of an impact on the environment, but this article debunks those beliefs. This article will persuade readers to go green and start creating habits that will be great for the health and safety of our environment.

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Joann. Joann Wonders, " How can you go green? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Joann!

Do you have a green thumb? If someone asks you that, they're not wondering if your thumb is actually the color green. They're wondering if you're good with plants. Can you make "green" things like plants ?

In today's world, the color green is often associated with the Earth and its environment. So many of Earth's living things - from plants to trees to the grass in your front lawn - are green. That's why the movement to protect our environment - called environmentalism - is often referred to as the "green" movement or "going green."

The overall goal of environmentalism is to protect and conserve the Earth's environment. Everything we do has an impact on the environment - either good or bad. The environmentalists encourage us to pursue actions that will help rather than harm the environment.

Environmentalism can take many forms and concentrate on numerous issues. For example, attempts to reduce and strategies to increase of materials are just two common forms of environmentalism in action.

As more and more people are made aware of the effects of their actions on the environment, they seek ways to reduce the negative effects of these actions. "Going green" has become a popular saying as people take steps to help preserve the Earth for future generations.

These actions may be as simple as using a grocery bag instead of paper or plastic bags. Or they may be more complex, such as purchasing a car to reduce the burning of fuels.

"Going green" takes on new importance each year on Earth Day. As we celebrate the Earth and its natural resources, it's appropriate to think about what choices we can make to have a positive impact on the environment and reduce the negative impacts.

If you need some encouragement to "go green," consider some of these interesting facts:

The size of the world's tropical rainforests decline by 1.5 acres every second because of land development.

This reduction in the size of rainforests leads to the destruction of over 130 plant, animal and insect species every day - that's about 50,000 species per year that become extinct!

Approximately 36 of the 50 United States expect some type of water shortage by 2013.

saves energy: experts say 20 cans can be made out of recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one can from new material.

A television set can run for about 3 hours on the energy saved by just one aluminum can.

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Joann. Joann Wonders, " How can you go green? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Joann! Do you have a green thumb? If someone asks you that, they're not wondering if your thumb is actually the color green. They're wondering if you're good with plants.

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In this informative text, readers are given ways they can begin acting green and creating change in their world to be better for the environment. If readers are unsure where to start to create healthy habits to better our earth, this is a great article to read.

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You can help protect the planet! Try some of these tips to conserve limited resources such as water, energy, and animals; prevent landfill waste; or decrease harmful gases, such as CO2, which contribute to global warming. So get green and give the tips a try. Make sure to ask your parents before trying any of these tips!

Recycle and Reuse

Set out cans and bottles for neighborhood pickup, or exchange them for cash at a recycling center. Most community trash services will pick up your recycled bottles and cans.

Choose rechargeable batteries, then recycle them when they die. You'd have to use hundreds of single-use batteries to equal the energy you'd get out of one rechargable battery. Be sure to recycle all batteries to keep harmful metals from entering the environment.

The next time you have the impulse to buy a new book to read, borrow it from the library or a friend instead of buying a new copy. Sharing books is a great way to reduce waste and reuse materials.

Don't drink bottled water! Use a reusable bottle instead.

Buy toys that last. Toys are made, directly or indirectly, from natural resources. Choose toys that won't break easily so you aren't always buying more stuff or creating more trash.

Improve the Outdoors

Plant a deciduous (leafy) tree that loses its leaves in fall on the south side of your home. Its shade will cool your house in the summer. After the tree's leaves fall, sunlight will help warm your house in winter. Trees help clean the air we breathe. They produce oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide.

Participate in cleanup days at a beach or park. Use those outdoor trash cans! Never litter. Keep our waterways clean. When you visit a park or beach, be sure you deposit your trash in containers and volunteer at some state and national cleanups.

Don't Kill That Spider!

There are an estimated 40,000 species of spiders, and they all eat insects. They're an important part of the food web and provide natural pest control.

Safeguard Storm Drains

Don't litter. Trash tossed carelessly outside often washes into storm drains, which empty into rivers and streams that eventually flow to the oceans. Pollution is a growing problem for all the Earth's ocean and its wildlife.

No Place for Pets

Never release a pet into the wild-it can become an invasive species! Cats, dogs, snakes, ferrets, and even hedgehogs prey on local wildlife. If you can't keep your pet, find it a new home, or give it to an animal shelter.

Cut Down on Waste

Ban all drips. If you have a dripping faucet in the house, ask your parents to replace the washer inside it. If you stop a faucet from leaking one drop each second, you can save 2,700 gallons (10,220 liters) of water a year.

Don't pile your plate. "When's dinner?" you want to know. You're starving after a long day at school! Even so, restrain yourself and take only what you know you'll really be able to eat. Enough edible food to feed 49 million people ends up in landfills in the United States each year.

Spread the Word

Tell your friends! The more people who treat the Earth well, the safer all its inhabitants will be.

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You can help protect the planet! Try some of these tips to conserve limited resources such as water, energy, and animals; prevent landfill waste; or decrease harmful gases, such as CO2, which contribute to global warming. So get green and give the tips a try.

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Newsela: Six-year-old helps out the recycling crew in his neighborhood

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Newsela: Six-year-old helps out the recycling crew in his neighborhood

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This is a heartwarming article that showcases how a 6-year-old boy formed a wonderful relationship with his recycling crew in his community and stepped up to help out the crew and the environment. This article shows how no one is to young to help the Earth and make smart choices to better their environment.

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Newsela | Instructional Content Platform

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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This article teaches students about what should be recycled and the impacts of recycling those items versus not recycling them. For example, it teaches readers that we should recycle tire and motor oil because if we just dump it on our own it could contaminate our water supply directly impacting our own health.

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1. Students will collect objects around their house. These goods can be goods that could be recycled or goods that could be throw away. Students will then create an object out of the goods that they brought in. Items the students could make are robots, model-sized forts, boats, etc. After the creations are completed, students will draw a picture of their creation and label whether each part is recyclable or not.

2. As a class, students will make a response on Jamboard that highlights how they are going to make a difference in their environment. Each student will get to fill one page with words, pictures, videos, etc. Students will create I can statements that highlight the exact actions they will partake in to make a difference in our world through the 3 R's: reduce, reuse, recycle.

3. Students will create a how-to guide on how to protect the earth. This how-to guide will serve as an action plan for those who are looking to make a difference in saving the planet but are not sure where to start. Students will then transfer their how-to guide onto a Google Slides presentation that will teach their audience how they can begin to make a difference in their world.

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This article teaches students about recycling as so many individuals believe common myths about recycling and how it may just be easier and more beneficial to throw things out. This is in fact wrong and this article teaches readers about the positive impacts recycling has for our environment when we adjust our believes and learn why the myths are incorrect.

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1. Students will pick a side, we should recycle or we should not recycle, and form groups for a debate. Students will use the knowledge they learned and do their own research if needed, and create arguments for the side they choose. Once arguments have been created, students will engage in a respectful debate in which they argue the benefits and costs of recycling. The facilitator of the debate will be the teacher who will ultimately decide which side argued their point the best.

2. Students will create multimodal digital posters on Canva with partners that highlight the benefits and costs of recycling. Students will use a combination of words, visuals, videos, etc. to get their message across to their audience. When the digital posters are created, the students will have a digital gallery walk in which their classmates will be able to see the other digital posters.

3. Students will revisit the text, Dear Earth... From Your Friends in Room 5, and create letters to the Earth that inform the Earth how they are going to change their own habits to better take care of their environment. These letters will include why the habits they are choosing are positive and how they will benefit the Earth.

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1. Students will create an iMovie that shows how our own actions are impacting the environment, specifically our animals. Students will use the text Nico's New Necklace to guide their choices and highlight the negative impacts of throwing away plastic. Students will use images and videos to capture the effects humans have on the environment, while voice recording for their audience to listen to.

2. Students will collect plastic bottles that are sitting around their house and need to be recycled. Students will play a game of bottle bowling in which students try to knock over the pins. Students will then properly recycle the bottles as a class. Students will then write a story that highlights how they positively impacted their environment by collecting plastic bottles, sorting them, and then recycling them. Students can create narrative characters like Nico the seagull to show how their choices of recycling plastic positively impacted Nico or other animals.

3. Students will complete a concept map that shows the positive impacts of reducing, reusing, and recycling on the environment. These positive impacts can be focused on living organisms, the ocean, pollution, etc.