KITS,
MUSIC CDs, and CD-ROMs
Model Landfill
($759+)
http://enviroscapes.com/landfill.html
Investigating
the Effectiveness of Landfills (class kit)
Students build their own landfill and then investigate the biodegradiblity
of various wastes in a closed versus open configuration. Materials for a class
of 40. Grades 9-12. #KIT-8027. $56.95.
Acorn Naturalists
www.acornnaturalists.com
Kid At Art CD-ROM
($8.50)
www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/istore.html
Ollie Saves
the Planet CD-ROM ($24.95)
http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/shop/shop.htm
Unintended Consequences (music CD)
A lively and instructive collection of songs performed
by Stan Slaughter (the “Eco-Troubador”) around
the theme of Household Hazardous Waste.
www.acornnaturalists.com
Rot ‘N Roll (music CD)
Rot ‘N Roll compiles the classics of composting and
recycling, performed by Stan Slaughter.
www.acornnaturalists.com
BOOKS
Various EPA publications on display are available for
order online at:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm
Understanding Garbage and Our Environment ($23.95)
http://www.tsbkm.com/
The following books are available at www.acornnaturalists.com:
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean
Motion ($17.95)
Decay and Renewal (Teacher’s Edition, $11.95; Student
Edition, $7.95)
Bottle Biology: An Idea Book for Exploring the World Through
Soda Bottles and Other Recyclable Materials ($30.95)
The Lorax ($14.95)
The Life Cycle Of Everyday Stuff ($19.95)
Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff ($14.95)
Trash Conflicts: An Integrated Science and Social Studies
Curriculum on the Ethics of Disposal ($27.95)
The Day the Trash Came Out to Play ($16.95)
Gone Tomorrow ($23.95)
Recycling Two-Liter Containers for the Teaching of Science
($14.95)
Recycling 35mm Film Containers for the Teaching of Science
($12.95)
Recycled Crafts Box, Sock Puppets, Cardboard Castles,
Bottle Bugs and 37 more Earth-friendly Projects and Activities
You Can Create ($10.95)
Composting in the Classroom ($32.95)
The Worm Café ($29.95)
Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better
Environment ($22.95)
Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm
Composting System ($12.95)
The following books are available at www.amazon.com:
Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids ($7.99)
Garbage and Recycling (Young Discoverers: Environmental
Facts and Experiments) ($7.95)
Fun With Recycling: 50 Great Things for Kids to Make from
Junk (Fun With) ($10.62)
Beyond Recycling: A Re-user's Guide: 336 Practical Tips
to Save Money and Protect the Environment ($10.17)
Recycling (True Books: Environment) ($6.95)
Usborne Beginners Trash And Recycling (Beginners Machines)
($4.95)
Waste Age and Recycling Times: Recycling Handbook ($75.00)
Something Old, Something New: Recycling (You Can Save
the Planet) ($7.85)
Opposing Viewpoints Series - Garbage & Recycling (hardcover
edition) (Opposing Viewpoints Series) ($34.95)
Art of Recycling (A World of Display Series) ($28.59)
Crafts for All Seasons: Creating by Recycling ($22.45)
Recycle Every Day! ($5.95)
Learn and Play the Recycle Way: Homemade Toys that Teach
($12.89)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! ($7.53)
Let’s Recycle! ($10.83)
VIDEOS
The following videos are
available at www.videoproject.org: Think Twice: Straight-talking Teens Speak Out about Mass
Consumption
Our Fragile Earth: Recycling
The Adventures of Wayan: the Three R’s
Home Composting for Busy People
Tina’s Journal
Garbage Into Gold
The Cost of Cool: Youth, Consumption & the Environment
Recycle More
ONLINE
RESOURCES Online
recycling/waste disposal games and activities (for
kids):
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
http://www.ollierecycles.com/
http://www.kab.org/kids/defaultx.htm
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home.aspx
http://www.kidsrecycle.org
Kids’ “Create
Your Future” website (tips for living an eco-friendly
lifestyle)
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/
Curricula,
Lessons, Activities, and Resources for Teachers:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/teachers.htm
http://www.kab.org/kids/educators.htm
http://www.ollierecycles.com/
http://www.kidsrecycle.org
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_tz.aspx
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Recyclinglessonplans.htm
http://www.environleader.org/curricula.html
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/Edresources.html
http://recyclemedia.com/activity_book.htm
http://www.massrecycle.org/links.html
http://www.trash4kids.org/resources.html
Recycled
Art Projects (for kids and teachers)
http://www.trash4kids.org/resources.html
http://www.kinderart.com/recycle/
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