- World’s Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide
- K-12 Sustainability Curriculum list
- Recycling Websites for Kids / Teens
- TerraCycle (fundraising)
- DEQ Environmental Education Grant (deadline Dec. 1)
- List of Environmental Education Funding Opportunities
- School Recycling Program Implementation Plan
- How to Start & Sustain a School or Office Recycling Program
- School Solid Waste Resource List
- Use Less Stuff Week/America Recycles Day Activities for Schools
- My Garbology (resources for teachers, students & families)
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE TRUNKS FOR LOAN
Solid Waste Management Resource Trunks are now available for loan to K-12 educators! Trunks feature a ‘Close the Loop’ display component with tabletop display and samples of items made from recyclable materials. Also included in the trunks are activities and resources on topics such as: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Backyard Composting; Household Hazardous Waste; Illegal Dumping and Littering; and much more. Solid Waste Management Resource Trunks are funded by a grant provided to Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and are co-sponsored by OKRA. Click here for description of contents and loan application.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MEDIA RESOURCE LIBRARY
Over 40 DVDs are available for loan at no charge, courtesy of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Waste Management Program, with funding from the USDA. Titles may be sorted by topic, age level, release date, length, etc. Click here for the title list and application.
CURRICULUM / ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASSROOM
(elementary / middle school)
- The Greens Activity Guide (ages 9-12)
- Making Recycled Paper
- Throw Away Three (skit)
- Reduce-Reuse-Recycle coloring book
- Mining for Fossil Fuels
- Incredible Edible Landfill
- Hector the Collector
- Pollution Patrol
- Design a Recycling Game 1
- Design a Recycling Game 2
- Earthworm Folk Tale
- Worm Composting "How to" brochure
- EPA's Quest for Less
- Waste-Free Lunch Week
- Waste-free Lunch Lesson Plan
- Earthsaver Pledge (for youth)
- EcoViews(student newsletter on recycling, water, air)
- Where do the apples go? A story about the nature of materials (K-2 lesson plan)
- Where do the apples go? (K-2 storybook)
- The materials cycle and me (grades 3-5 lesson plan)
- Biomimicry: nature as model, measures and mentor (grades 6-8 lesson plan)
- Biomimicry: nature as model, measures and mentor (grades 6-8 student handout)
