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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

REUSING AND RECYCLING: ACTIVITY 13           Put It In The Recycling Box!                         K – 1
(For classrooms/schools/communities that have recycling programs.)

Skills: active game

Time: one class period

Learning Objective: students will reuse discards from the class "junk" pile to make a game; students will play a team game to review the use of the recycling box.

Materials and Equipment: large drawing of a recycling box; items form the "junk" pile, either "as is" or redesigned by the students to represent items to be recycled, at least one per student, each item clearly marked or coloured to show that student’ team; thumbtacks.

Activity:

This game is similar to "Pin the Tail on the Donkey".

1. Have the students make the "recycled items", if not already made.

2. Pin the drawing of the recycling box onto a tackboard.

3. Divide the class into two (or more) teams.

4. As each pupil takes his/her turn, he puts a thumbtack through his/her "recyclable item".

5. Blindfold the student and aim him/her towards the "recycling box".

6. The student tries to put the item into the recycling box by pinning the item on the drawn opening. Count the piece as "in" if at least half is in the opening.

7. The team with the most pieces "in the box" is declared the winner.

Ask the students to think of some other games they can design and play using the materials in the class "junk" pile. (The games do not have to relate to garbage.)

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