Curriculum

• Pathways to a Sustainable Future
  Interactive online lessons or a full curriculum on waste management issues available to teachers.
  

• Project Learning Tree
  An award winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12.
  

• Waste In Place
  A supplement curriculum produced by Keep America Beautiful.
  
  

• A-Way with Waste
  An in depth curriculum for grades k-12 by Washington State.
  
  

• Recycling
  An in depth curriculum/lesson plans split up into different grades including kindergarten to 5th grade. Written by the Montgomery County Public Schools.

• Affluenza
  A video clip lead education series for grades 5 - high school designed by PBS on Affluenza, educating people about the dangers of materialism, over-consumption and constant shopping.

 

Coloring and Activity Books to Print or Purchase

• Stop the Waste

A coloring and activity booklet for grades 2-5. Download it for free.

Available by permission from:
Seattle Public Utilities, US EPA, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Waste Management USA

• Conservation Activities for Salmon Savers

A coloring and activity booklet for grades 4-5. Download it for free.

Available by permission from:
Seattle Public Utilities, Enduring Litter with thanks to Washington State Department of Ecology, and How Does Waste Affect our Natural Resources thanks to the US EPA.

• Nature’s Recyclers

Coloring book of nature’s recyclers (cartoon mushrooms, microbes, etc.) and why recycling is important. Download it for free.

• Keep Your Neighborhood Clean

Download a free coloring book with whimsical drawings to ‘keep your neighborhood clean’ with pages on recycling, not littering, conserving water, etc.

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