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Independent working time (20 minutes)
Pass out the Recycle Match-Up worksheet and allow students to complete it.
Have students partner up and make an awareness poster about recycling.
When students are done with their posters, encourage them to hang them up around the school or in

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Differentiation
Enrichment: Students may make more than one poster, using a different idea for each poster created.
Support: Students may need guidance in what direction to create their poster. Give these students two options
to choose from to use on their poster, such as recycling helps save the earth, or recycling paper in the
classroom.
Assessment (5 minutes)
Students will be assessed by the completion of their worksheets and the effort put into the posters
they've created.
Review and closing (10 minutes)
Have students share their posters with the rest of the class.

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What is recyclable?
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Aluminum and steel cans
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Plastic beverage containers (e.g. water and soda bottles)
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Clear glass bottles and jars
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Plastic six-pack rings
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Corrugated cardboard
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Mixed paper - phone books, brochures; computer, notebook, white 
and colored office papers; envelopes, soft cover booklets, manila 
folders, card stock, glossy magazines, catalogs and newspaper
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What is not recyclable?
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Pizza boxes and wax-coated cardboard - The grease and/or 
wax on these boxes interferes with the recycling process.
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Plastic bags - Recycle at your local grocery store.
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Plastic tubs - Some plastic tubs have the right number on the 
bottom, but they are not made the same way as plastic bottles. 
Because of their different chemical characteristics, including 
melting temperature, they cannot be recycled with bottles.
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Styrofoam
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Tops and lids of plastic and glass bottles and jars.
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Plastic utensils - These can be washed and reused.
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Plastic oil and pesticide containers
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Ceramics, mirrors, window glass and drinking glasses.
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Color in 
the items at 
right. Then cut 
out the “stickers” and 
glue them to each piece 
according to the lists above.