Lesson Plan
Taking Out the Trash
It's time to take out the trash! Educate your students on the history of garbage in America, including the effects our pollution have had on the environment and what we can do to make it better.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize activities that have negatively impacted the physical environment of the U.S. Students will be able to develop ideas of how to improve the physical environment of the U.S.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Explain to your class that today, they will be learning about the history of garbage and the impact that garbage has had on the environment of the United States of America.
- Start a discussion about garbage to assess your students' prior knowledge. Great questions include: What is garbage? What happens to garbage that can't be recycled? How would you define the word environment? What sort of impact do you think garbage has had on our environment?
- After some discussion, define the word environment as the natural world in which we live.
- Show students a picture of a landfill and ask them some questions about it. Great examples include: What is this? Why does it exist? What sort of impact do you think it has on the environment?