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Just A Dream

Lesson Plan Extensions

The following are some good lesson plans to implement while reading Just a Dream:

Concepts: pollution/litter prevention, environmental protection, planning for the future

Discuss as a class what environmental actions you can take now to make the environment better for your future and for that of others.
Discuss different modes of transportation and which ones benefit the environment the most and why (car, bus, carpool, train, bike, walk, electric car, monorail, solar car, magnet train, etc.) Investigate new technologies (electric, magnets, solar, hydro, etc.) as a class and discuss what forms of transportation you think you will use in the future.
See if there is a solar, electric or other alternative energy car in your community that can come visit the school. Write your own environmental dream story.
Plant a native tree as a class in your schoolyard and chart its growth over the years.
Discuss what would happen if no one ever took their garbage out.
Look at a weeks worth of garbage from the classroom or the teacher’s home that doesn’t get presorted in any way, and weigh and sort it into categories of that needing to be landfilled, reusable items, recyclable items and compostable items. Quantify by weight and amounts and chart the findings.
Discuss how much of the garbage can be diverted from the landfill. Tour your local or regional landfill and learn about sanitary lined landfills, leachate treatment, methane gas treatment and what wildlife visits!
Have your local Recycling Coordinator visit from the Environmental Protection or Solid Waste Department and discuss what items can be recycled in your area and what they get turned into!
Also use the Earth’s 911 locator on our home page to help you find out info on what can be recycled in your area. Check out the suggestions below for handling household hazardous waste, shopping with the environment in mind, keeping our air and water clean and how we can Make Every Day Earth Day™ with Earth 911.

Magazines Mail Phone Books Computer Paper Newspaper Cardboard Brown Paper Bags Catalogs Paperboard Books Wrapping Paper Gift Bags
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CFL Rechargeable Batteries Single Use Batteries Paint Paint Thinners Pesticides Pool Chemicals Medications Fire Extinguisher Smoke Detectors Mercury Photographic Chemicals Asbestos Explosives Lead Freon Medical Sharps	Were you looking for these? Motor Oil Car Fluids Car Batteries Styrofoam
Plastic Bottles Plastic Bags PVC Number 4 Plastic LDPE Plastic Casing Number 6 Plastic Polystyrene Number 7 Plastic	Were you looking for these? Inkjet Cartridge CDs and DVDs
Blue Glass Brown Glass Green Glass Clear Glass	Were you looking for these? Computer Monitors Eyeglasses Light Bulbs
Cell Phone Television MP3 Player CDs and DVDs Video Game Inkjet Cartridge Computers Computer Monitors Office Machines DVD Player VCR Motherboard	Were you looking for these? Computer Paper Plastic Casing Rechargeable Batteries Single Use Batteries
Tires Car Fluids Auto Bodies Car Batteries Auto Parts Motor Oil Fuel Oil Filters	Were you looking for these? Bicycle Related Information Clean Boating
Household Cleaners Toys Cooking Oil Light Bulbs Clothing and Textile Furniture Mattresses Eyeglasses Bicycle Musical Instruments Solid Waste Disposal	Were you looking for these? Composting CFL Fire Extinguisher Smoke Detector Medical Waste Medical Sharps
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Carpet Carpet Padding Gypsum Drywall Pallets Wood Linoleum Brick	Were you looking for these? Furniture

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Just A Dream

Lesson Plan Extensions

Concepts: pollution/litter prevention, environmental protection, planning for the future

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