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Lesson Plan Grade 3 Social Science

The document discusses teaching students about recycling and reducing waste by having them create art projects using discarded plastic bottles and other materials. It provides background on why recycling is important to reduce pollution and protect wildlife, and outlines a lesson plan where students will make something functional or decorative out of empty bottles to learn how items can be upcycled rather than thrown away.

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Lesson Plan Grade 3 Social Science

The document discusses teaching students about recycling and reducing waste by having them create art projects using discarded plastic bottles and other materials. It provides background on why recycling is important to reduce pollution and protect wildlife, and outlines a lesson plan where students will make something functional or decorative out of empty bottles to learn how items can be upcycled rather than thrown away.

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Shilpa Sood - W G Davis Sr PS (1573)
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We Must Recycle

Subject Social Science Grade: 3


Topic Students will use creativity to use something considered trash to create something new.

Curriculum Social Studies- B2. Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the
Expectations environmental effects of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more Ontario
municipal regions, as well as some of the measures taken to reduce the negative impact of
that use

Learning  To understand short term and long term effect of the use of resources.
Goal/Success  Identify measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use.
Criteria  Identify the types of development that might result in pollution

Activating/  Students will be shown a picture of place full of trash. Ask questions, ‘What do you
Assessment for see? Why is it here? What could be some ways to get rid of? After discussion,
learning throw the idea of recycling.
 Read aloud for students, https://youtu.be/vaHmtCA_BjM

Instructional  Explain that the need to recycle is not just so plastic bottles do not end
Strategies up rolling around in the landfill.
 There are many types of recyclables that end up in landfills, but never
biodegrade. Though they should be safely contained in the landfill, some
trash, including recyclables, can end up out in nature. This can harm
wildlife and plants that are trying to survive in the wild.
 What would happen if a duck accidently swallowed a bottle cap? What if a
fish got stuck in the plastic rings that soda comes in at the store? These
things could be really dangerous to animals.
 So today we are going to try to use ‘trash’ that could be harmful to make
something functional and beautiful.
 This is one way to recycle, or upcycle, as some say. Let’s see what we can
create.

Materials  card stock


 crayons, colored pencils, paint (optional)
 clean, plastic bottles
 scissors
 assorted art supplies

Resources Picture of landfill


Read aloud, Why Should I Recycle by Mike Gordan
Modification If a child is having trouble on his/her own, allow students to work with a partner or in small
and group. This will allow the student to brainstorm more easily.
Differentiation
Assessment for Students will create a functional or displayable item out of an empty plastic bottle. The goal
learning is to create something that keeps the bottle from going into the trash.

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