GO GREEN!

A WebQuery for 3rd Grade

Brandi Best
bestbr@cwu.edu

Introduction

Have you ever wondered why people sort there garbage? Why they throw away glass in a different container as plastic? Why your teacher recycles paper after an art project? Well were going to find out why it's important to recycle! Recycling is taking the products that we have already used and reusing them to make new products with them. This is important because if we don't recycle, one day we might use up all of the raw materials it takes to make important products that we need. Then we would no longer be able to make them!

The big question that this project is centered around is:

Why should we recycle?

Task

Your job is to create a brochure that we will hand out to the other kids in our school . The brochure must have information on what recycling is and include 10 facts on this topic. The information used must be from the various websites listed below. This is going to be done in groups of 2 or 3 students. Everything on the brochure must be typed and it should have at least two pictures on it and make sure that your brochure is neat and readable. This is because we will making 10 copies of your brochure after you turn it in to me, for you and your partner(s) to hand out to other classrooms around the school!

The Process

While your working on this project with your group members, you guys may want to explore a couple different aspects of the topic recycling. Each of the group members can pick a question(s) from the list below and research it. Make sure that you take good notes and put all of the facts and information you find in your own words so your classmates can understand it. Also remember to cite your sources so we know what websites you used to find your great information! Some questions that you can explore may include:

What is recycing?

What can we recycle?

Why do we need to recycle?

What are the negitive effects of recycleing?

What are the three R's of recycling?

What is not recycleable?

What are some misleading facts about recycleing?

What are some reasons people choose not to recycle?

Where do the things we recycle go?

What happens to the things we recycle?

Resources

Here are some websites that you can use for this project. If you find any other ones, make sure you ask the teacher if it's okay to use the information you found of those ones.

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm
This website has information on the three R's of recycling

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=464803
This webite has information on recycling and answers a lot of common questions

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidsPage/
This website has information on the products that we recycle.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/index.htm
This website has information on recycle as a whole, and games to help better your understanding of the main concepts of recycling.

http://www.recycleworks.org/kids/howtohelp.html
This website includes information on recycling and what happens to the products we recycle.

http://www.lacity.org/san/kids/heroes/MrRecycle.htm
This website talks about how recylcing can make a difference.

Evaluation

For this project, you will be graded on the information that you find, attrativeness of the brochure, grammer, and pictures used. Refer to the rubric below as you are completeing your project and double check your work. You will get one grade per group, so do your very best work!

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well-organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Writing - Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure.	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult.	There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.	There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Information & Facts	The brochure contains ten facts and they are accurate.	The brochure contains 7-9 facts and they are accurate	The brochure contains 5-6 facts and they are accurate.	The brochure contains less than 5 facts and/or they are not accurate.

Conclusion

You have worked very hard on your projects! Now take the brochures and hand them out to the classrooms around school. Remember that you have only touched the subject recycling, continue to keep your mind open, explore, share the great information you have learned, and recycle what you can.

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