wunder beta♻️ Recycling
Turn old things into new things and help our planet!
1
lesson
~5 min
to learn
🔬 Science
subject
Ages 3–5
level
What you’ll learn
- The child can explain that recycling turns old items into new ones and name items that go in the recycle bin.Recycling turns old materials like paper, plastic, glass, and metal into new things instead of trash. We rinse items and put them in the recycle bin. The three helpers are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Questions this course answers
What does recycling do?
Recycling turns old materials into new things instead of throwing them away, which helps the Earth.
Which one belongs in a recycle bin?
Clean plastic bottles can be recycled. Food scraps like banana peels go in the compost or trash, not recycling.
Grounded in trusted sources
- US EPA — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Resources for Students (epa.gov/recycle/reduce-reuse-recycle-resources-students-and-educators)
- Ducksters — Environment for Kids: Recycling (ducksters.com/science/environment/recycling_for_kids.php)
- Earth.Org Kids — A Kid-Friendly Guide to Recycling (kids.earth.org/life-on-land/a-kid-friendly-guide-to-recycling)
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