Resource Library

Earth911.com privately owned company that specializes in providing consumers with accessible and actionable recycling information across the country. Visitors to the site can easily perform a search by zip code or address to find a recycling center for any given material.

Conservatree is an organization that offers expert advice and leadership on paper choices.

The Imagination Factory is a site that launched as an outgrowth of artist and teacher Marilyn Brackney's classroom. The purpose of the site is to teach children and their caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art. The lessons and activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mache, marbling, and crafts.

The mission of OurEarth.org is to engage, empower, and nurture current and future environmental leaders by providing education and access to information. OurEarth.org combines a novel combination of grassroots activism, education, and internet technology to achieve its goals.

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is an organization dedicated to preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities. The site provides a multitude of resources to address these issues.

Students will broaden their awareness about conserving natural resources while learning to make recycled paper. They will identify what resources are made into paper, discuss the value of intact forests, and determine ways to use less paper. This lesson is best suited for grades K-4 and adheres to California Science Content Standards.

Students learn the importance of recycling and keeping our air clean by creating a poster or comic strip using images from Pics4Learning. They also learn about the recycling process by making their own paper. This lesson is best suited for grades 1-6, and adheres to National Science and English Language Arts Standards.

In this lesson, students describe ways people affect the environment and how pollution harms plants and animals. Students then demonstrate ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste at school. This lesson is best suited for grades K-5 and adheres to National Academy of Sciences standards.

This collection of activities adheres to Tennessee Learning Expectations, and the curriculum framework is based on NAAEE standards.

In this lesson, students consider the life cycle of certain plastics products and propose improved recycling legislation in their own communities. This lesson adheres to McRel Academic Geography Standards.