Sept. 2, 2009: Sorting Through Recycling

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Activities:

1. Make a recycling poster. Paste newspaper words and pictures for things your family recycles on a large piece of paper.

2. Divide a piece of paper into four squares. In the squares, paste newspaper words and pictures of things that can be recycled: metals, plastic, glass and paper.

3. Circle newspaper ads for things that claim they are made of recycled materials.

4. Which items, when they are recycled, (a) can be dangerous, (b) can pollute the environment, or (c) are made into totally different items?

5. Make a list of five different uses for your newspaper after you have read it.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the use of science and technology in local challenges. (Science: Personal and Social Perspectives)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)