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4R's Curriculum. Doing the 4Rs. A Classroom Activity Guide to Teach Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. Includes 24 ... Skiptomaincontent Youarehere  /  AtSchool  /  4thGradeResources  /  4R'sCurriculum Searchform Search 4R'sCurriculum Doingthe4Rs AClassroomActivityGuidetoTeachReduce,Reuse,RecycleandRot Includes24Californiastandard-basedlessonsandfivethematicunitsdevelopedforeducatorsteachingfourthandfifthgrades. Everybodycreatesgarbage,butdoweneedtodoso?Howdoescreatinggarbageimpactusathome,atschooloratplay?Thisguidewillhelpyouexplorewithyourstudentstheintegratedwastemanagementhierarchyofreduce,reuse,recycleandrot(compost),whichwecallthe4Rs. Thisguidewasdevelopedforeducatorsteachingfourthandfifthgradesandwasdesignedtobeengagingandacademicallychallengingforstudents.Thecurriculumishands-onandcooperative,whichwillmotivateyourstudentsandencourageacademicachievement.    DownloadtheComplete4RsClassroomActivityGuide  -  English DownloadtheComplete4RsClassroomActivityGuide - Spanish  (containsall24individuallessonsbelow)     NaturalResources Inthisthematicunit,studentslearnabouttheresourcesneededtoproduceproductstheyuseeverydaythroughhands-oninvestigation.   Lesson1:RenewableorNonrenewable? Studentslearnaboutrenewable,nonrenewableandperpetualresourcesbylookingatproductsmadefromnaturalresources. Lesson2:ScavengeforLitter Studentscollectlitterfoundonschoolgroundsandlinkthislitterbacktonaturalresources. Lesson3:KidsDoingthe4Rs Studentslearnaboutthe4Rshierarchyandbrainstormwaystopracticethe4Rs. Movie:Doingthe4Rs:Reduce,Reuse,RecycleandRotVideo(RunningTime:17min) Lesson4:HighestandBestUseofResources Studentslearnaboutthe4Rshierarchybyclassifyingwasteitemsfromhomethattheysortintogroupsusingthe4Rshierarchy.   Reduce Inthisthematicunit,studentsexaminetheirownconsumptionhabits,bothatschoolandathome,anddiscusswaysinwhichtheycanchangetheirconsumerbehaviors.   Lesson5:PackItUp Studentslearnhowtoreducepackagingwastebycomparingproductsthathaveminimalorexcessivepackaging. Lesson6:UseLessStuff Studentsbringinpaperitemsfromhomeandworkingroupstobrainstormwaystoreducetheamountofpapertheyuse. Lesson7:TheArtofSavingBirds Studentslearnhowtheirwastecanimpacthabitatforplantsandanimals. Lesson8:Reduce:WhereDoYouStand? Studentspracticecriticalthinkingskillswhileexaminingtheirownvaluesrelatedtoreducingwasteandtheconsumptionofresources.   Reuse Inthisthematicunit,studentsareintroducedtotheconceptofreuse.Studentsuncoversimplewaystoreuseitemsandcreatereuseprojects.   Lesson9:ReuseorRecycle:WhichComesFirst? Studentsexplorethe4Rshierarchybylookingatthebenefitsofreusingaplasticbottlebeforerecyclingit. Lesson10:ReuseChoices Studentsparticipateinmakinggroupdecisionsforidentifyingthebestchoiceamoungfouralternativesforreusingitems. Lesson11:Well-BuiltQuilts Studentslearnaboutthenaturalresourcesusedtomakefabricandusemathskillstomakeaquiltsquarefromreusedfabricscrapsandoldmagazines.   Recycle Inthisthematicunit,studentsdiscoverhowtorecycleintheirowncommunityandlearnhowrecyclingconservesnaturalresources.Theyexplorehownewproductsgetmadeusingthematerialstheyrecycleatschoolandhome.   Lesson12:FromOiltoPlastic101 Studentslearnaboutthelifecycleofaplasticproductandthenonrenewableresourcesusedtomakeit. Movie:FromOiltoPlasticVideo(RunningTime:9min10sec) Lesson13:RecyclingPlastics Studentslearnaboutdifferenttypesofplasticbycollectingandexaminingexamplesofplasticfromhome. Lesson14:FromTreetoPaper Studentslearnhowtreesareharvestedtomakepaperandmakerecycledpaperwithreusednewspaper. Lesson15:WhereintheWorldDoIRecycleIt? Studentsusemultiplesourcesofinformationtoresearchreuseandrecyclingoptionsforavarietyofhouseholdgoods.   Rot Studentslearnthroughinvestigationanddiscoveryabouttheweboflifeandthedecompositioncycle.Theylearnabouttheorganismsthatplayaroleinthedecompositioncycle,whypeoplecompost,andhowcompostimprovessoilhealth.   Lesson16:WhatIsBiodegradable? Studentsareintroducedtotheprocessofdecompositioninacompostbinandclassifyfoundobjectsfromtheirschoolgroundsasbiodegradableornon-biodegradable. Movie:DotheRotThing(RunningTime:25min59sec) Lesson17:TheBreakdownonDecomposition Studentslearnabouttheprocessofdecompositionbytestingtheeffectsofdifferentvariablesonthedecompositionoforganicandinorganicmaterialsovertime. Lesson18:WebofLife Studentslearnaboutthefoodchainofacompostbinbyplayingataggameillustratingtheroleofdecomposersinafoodweb. Lesson19:Compost:HowDoYouKnow? Studentslearnaboutthebenefitsofaddingcomposttosoilasanamendment.Theydesignandconducttheirownexperimenttotesthowcomposteffectsplantgrowth.   ExtendedCompostLessons   Lesson20:CompostCritters Studentssortthroughcompostingroupsandidentifydifferenttypesofcompostcritterstheyobserveandsharetheirresultswiththeclass. Lesson21:WonderfulWorms! Studentslearnaboutwormsbyobservingliveredwormsingroupsandrecordtheirobservations. Lesson22:BuildingaCompostPile Studentslearnabouttheprocessofdecomposition,compostandwhyit’simportantbysettingupcompostbinatschool. Lesson23:SettingUpaWormBin Studentswillsetupawormcompostbinintheclassroom,maintainthebinandobservehowthecontentschangeovertime. Lesson24:HarvestingaWormBin Studentslearnaboutmethodsusedtoharvestanactivewormbinatdifferentstationswhilebrainstormingwaystousefinishedwormcastings.   TeacherResources Vocabulary SpanishVocabulary Pictographs(EnglishandSpanish) 1537WebsterSt, Oakland,CA94612 510-891-6500•[email protected]