Additional Elementary School Lessons

The Save Organic Scraps program provides educators with tools for environmental and recycling education. SOS is kicked off with an assembly or classroom presentations in elementary schools. The SOS program team provides lesson plans for teachers, classroom field trips, and student activities and presentations focused on the theme of the 4 R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot (compost). Teaching students the importance of keeping our environment healthy will stay with them for generations and translate to a sustainable future.

Save Organic Scraps Elementary Curriculum

The Save Organic Scraps elementary curriculum tackles the core themes of environmental education through a variety of engaging lessons. The information and related activities are intended to provide all students with a basic understanding and vocabulary of waste management and the role the 4 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) play in the environment and sustainability.

Program Curriculum Overview (.PDF)

Glossary of Terms (.PDF)

Connections from the Cafeteria to the Classroom

In Connections from the Cafeteria to the Classroom students will learn how to define solid waste and use properties to identify, describe and categorize materials. Students will learn the 4 ways that waste has been handled through history, why it is an important issue in society, and the systems that have developed. Students will learn how their involvement in the Save Organic Scraps program directly impacts the environment.

Background Information for Teachers: Connections from The Cafeteria to the Classroom (.PDF)

Solid Waste In Clark County PowerPoint (K-2) (.PPS)

Solid Waste In Clark County PowerPoint (3-5) (.PPS)

Modern Landfill Diagram (.PDF)

Landfill vs Compost (.PDF)

The Problem with Litter (.PDF)

Natural Resources and the Role of Recycling (.PDF)

Waste Not in School (.PDF)

Trash Disposal and Society 1 Past and Present (.PDF)

Trash Disposal and Society 2: Future (.PDF)

Save Organic Scraps Glossary Crossword (.PDF)

Our Trash Defines Us Waste Audit (.PDF)

Close the Loop Internet Scavenger Hunt (.PDF)

9 Cities of Troy Diagram (.PDF)

Cedar Grove 4 Process Pictogram (.PDF)

The 4 R’s Everyday

The 4 R’s Everyday reinforces the lessons learned in Connections from the Cafeteria to the Classroom and tackles the issues of conserving resources and protecting the environment. The lessons challenge students to place issues within systems and apply their knowledge of waste management.

The 4 R’s Everyday Student Pre-Assessment (.PDF)

Background Information for Teachers: The 4 R’s Everyday (Coming Soon!)

The 4 R’s Everyday PowerPoint (Coming Soon!)

A–Z Recycling (.PDF)

Science, Sculpture and Recycled Materials (.PDF)

Solid Waste in Specific Environments (.PDF)

Additional Lesson Plans (Coming Soon!)