Activities
Garbage, recycling and composting activities for students
- Waste Sorting Pledge (PDF, 413 KB)
- Teach students how to create a newspaper origami basket (PDF, 221 KB) to line their green cart at home.
- Teach students how to sort their waste with the divert or landfill game (PDF, 2,160 KB) or our don't be a waster exercise (PDF, 37 KB).
- Teach students to be mindful of how much waste they generate with our waste spectators activity (PDF, 31 KB).
- Teach students about the environmental impacts of packaging with our autobiography of a package (PDF, 210 KB) or pass the packaging (PDF, 251 KB) exercise.
- Teach students what happens to their garbage and recycling by completing a garbage story (PDF, 184 KB) or recycling story (PDF, 190 KB).
- Teach students how to make their own paper (PDF, 138 KB).
- Teach students about household hazardous waste (PDF, 103 KB).
Downloadable word puzzles
• Environmental word search (PDF, 52 KB)
• Household hazardous waste crossword (PDF, 89 KB)
• Reduce, reuse, recycle crossword with answers (PDF, 21 KB)
• Unscramble the words exercise (PDF, 42 KB)