Kristi+Lee+-+Recycling

Enjoy seeing what the second and fourth graders are doing about helping the Earth.

__________________________________________________ You have a great idea! I came up with something that could be used for seniors......**Amy Blackford** This was a great idea! As I was reading, I wondered how this could be applied to an older grade level: how could it be made to challenge and stimulate reflection. Many recent news stories have focused on adults who have vowed to minimize their “carbon footprint”, so to speak. Everything from not buying anything brand new for a year (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/13/BAGH3H7DH71.DTL), to not throwing away anything ([|http://saveyourtrash.typepad.com/). And, as I throw-out trash I often reflect on a National Geographic story I saw a few years back that showed how people in developing countries use and reuse everything: the image that continues to haunt me is a farmer using an old cassette tape “guts” as string to tie a seedling to a stick for support. All of which led me to a challenge idea: how can you take a group of seniors in school and help them learn how to minimize their impact on the environment.  Reduce their trash output   Examine recycling efforts in locally, nationally, and globally.   ·   Understand the term “carbon footprint”   Using a Venn Diagram they will chart those items that are thrown away, those items they reuse, and those items they send for recycling.  Using a KWL chart at the end of the month, they will identify what they learned over the course of the lesson.  Using art as a form of expression, create a piece that represents what they kept out of the dump as a result of their efforts. 0 points || Emerging Level 1 point || Accomplished Level 2 points || Mastery Level 3 points || Student Score and Comments  || ** Score _/15 ** ** Additional Comments: **
 * ANOTHER PLAN AND IDEA**
 * Lesson: ** Repurposing Trash
 * Grade Level – ** 12th
 * Objectives** – As part of a month-long unit on the environment, students will be challenged to reduce their impact on the environment and minimize the trash they produce for 30 days. Students will:
 * Keywords ** – recycling, environment, art, carbon footprint, reusing, repurposing
 * Materials Needed **
 * computer with Internet access
 * Link to blog http://saveyourtrash.typepad.com/
 * Link to Wikipedia recycling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling
 * Slide show of selected items from Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait by Chris Jordan (http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php)
 * Prints of selected items from Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait to be hung in the classroom as visual reminders of the activity.
 * pencils and paper for journaling
 * Venn Diagram worksheet
 * KWL chart
 * Various items for art medium of student choice.
 * Procedure ** To take place over the course of a month. Project to be introduced at the beginning of the lesson. Students will be given the challenge and will provide the results of their efforts at the end of the lesson.
 * 1) Students will be asked to view selected slides from Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait by Chris Jordan. They will work to identify each item as the 3 iterations of each are shown.
 * 2) Students will be given copies of a //Repurposing Venn Diagram// to be used to chart their trash reduction process.
 * 3) Each Monday students will discuss their efforts, and will spend time journaling their experiences and growth process. Part of these discussions will have students exploring relevant websites, such as Wikipedia’s article on recycling and the save your trash blog.
 * 4) At the end of the 3rd week students will be asked to finalize their art projects to symbolize the trash that they repurposed over the course of the project. These will be due at the end of the following week.
 * 5) On the Tuesday of the following week students will work in groups to create their KWL chart.
 * 6) Friday of this week will have the students showing their art projects and marks the end of the lesson.
 * 7) Grades will be assigned using the rubric below.
 * Activity || Developing Level
 * Chris Jordan art review || No interaction during class discussion. || Engages in class conversation with little relevant input. || Engages in class conversation with significantly relevant input. || Strong participation in class conversation with significantly relevant input. || ||
 * Venn Diagrams || 0-10 items repurposed || 11-20 items repurposed || 21-30 items repurposed || 31-40+ items repurposed || ||
 * Weekly discussions and journaling exercise || No interaction during class discussion and limited expression in journaling. || Engages in class conversation with little relevant input and limited expression in journaling. || Engages in class conversation with significantly relevant input and has clear expression in journaling. || Strong participation in class conversation with strong expression in journaling. || ||
 * KWL group work || K or less complete || K and W incomplete or illegible || KWL complete but not neat || KWL complete and neat || ||
 * Art project || Lacks definition or link to lesson || Has some symbolism and moderate link to lesson. || Has strong symbolism and moderate link to lesson. || Has strong symbolism and strong link to lesson. || ||