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Re-Think Activities
An educational Unit for children up to Grade 4
Written by Valerie Thom, B.Ed. and edited by Allard W. van Veen, APR, Fellow, CPRS

This unit has six chapters, each filled with information, ideas and projects. Words in bold and in italics are featured in the glossary which you can reach by clicking here

Skills: grouping

ACTIVITY 10 Time: one class period

Learning Objective: students will be able to group household garbage into two groups: "comes from a renewable resource" or "comes from a non-renewable resource".

NOTE: OUR GARBAGE: ACTIVITY 8 is a pre-requisite for this Activity. This Activity is a variation of OUR GARBAGE: ACTIVITY 9. You may wish to do both, or select which Activity best suits your class.

Materials and Equipment: as in OUR GARBAGE: ACTIVITY 8.

Activity:

1. Carry out Steps 1-3 of OUR GARBAGE: ACTIVITY 8.

2. Put the terms "renewable resource" and "non-renewable resource" on the board. Ask students to explain them and to give examples of each.

RE…Think

Select the paper garbage group and discuss:

• What was the resource from which these items were made?
• Is it a renewable or non-renewable resource?
• How do the forestry companies make it a "renewable resource"? (Replanting)
• How can we help to make sure that as few forests as possible have to be cut down to make paper? (Recycling, reusing)

For each of the remaining garbage groups, have the class decide if it is made primarily from a renewable or non-renewable resources.

For each non-renewable resource group, discuss how we can help to conserve the resources.

Have each student select one of the groups, and make up a poster illustrating how he/she can help to conserve the resource (renewable or non-renewable).

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