The following links provide information about education/awareness regarding solid waste and recycling issues, publications/newsletters and cool environmental posters that can be printed out for your classroom.

• DHEC Recycling Home
• Education - This page has 4 of DHECs centerpiece education programs. The curriculum is correlated to South Carolina's science, math, language arts and social studies standards.
  http://www.scdhec.org/recycle/html/education.html
• Publications - Many different publications from South Carolina Recycles newsletters, The GreenScene Magazine, Composting Publications, to 'For Your Information' Fact sheets. There is tons of great information here!
  http://www.scdhec.org/recycle/html/pubs.html
• Environmental Posters - Download and print cool posters like the examples below to use in your classroom.
  http://www.scdhec.org/recycle/html/pubs.html

These PDF Files contain material from Palmetto Pride. They address and meet S.C. standards for all the grade levels: Elementary through High School. Most are in lesson plan formats and include an array of lessons and activities for the students.

Elementary School	Middle School
High School	Additional Resources

You can also visit the Palmetto Pride website at: http://www.palmettopride.org

This lesson plan is a sample from Keep America Beautiful: Waste in Place. This will show students how much waste is thrown away in the U.S.
For the lesson click here: http://www.kab.org/network2.asp?id=178

These 7 different lessons are about aluminum cans. They can be adapted to any grade level and are also set up to be integrated into different subject areas. The lessons are set up with handouts and other ways that they can be extended. Click on these lessons and have a good time teaching them.
Lessons:

1. All Wrapped Up
   How many ways can you sort a package?
   How do its properties influence its function as a product wrap?
2. What a Can Can Do
   Can you tell an aluminum can from a steel can?
   These experiments help students discover the properties of metal cans.
3. Going in Cycles: The Life of an Aluminum Can
   Build a clay can as a model for conceptualizing the can manufacturing process and its place in closed-loop recycling.
4. Honey, I Shrunk the Lids!
   How does light weighting conserve aluminum resources?
5. Make a Difference
   Can one person's efforts to recycle aluminum cans really make a difference? Try these math exercises and find out!
6. Information, Please!
   Plan a field trip that shows your students recycling up close.
7. Action, Please!
   Now that you've done all the fact finding, here's how to get your students involved.

Environmental Education for Kids! has fun lesson plans and activities for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. There are fun things to do with the children to give them information of the environment. All from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Language Arts	Math
Science	Social Studies

This is a program for teachers done by Tucson, AZ for grades 1-5. The PDF files are of different lessons and activities the teachers could do with their students.

• Grades 1-2:
  http://www.cityoftucson.org/pdf/toogood12.pdf
• Grades 3-5:
  http://www.cityoftucson.org/pdf/toogood34.pdf

Recycling and waste reduction lesson plans for grades 1-8. The lesson plans are provided for North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
http://www.p2pays.org/recycleguys/Lessons/index.asp

Information and lesson plans for grades K-12 on composting, recycling, and a glossary included.
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/TrashIntro.html

This curriculum is provided by Montgomery County Public School. There is integrated learning for grades K-5 and it is set to Montgomery Standards but can be set to meet S.C. state standards. Click on the link below to find more information on this curriculum.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Recycle.html

Oregon’s Department of Environment Quality provides this curriculum. It is filled with Teacher Resources and lessons/activities to do with your students.
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/education/curriculum.htm

Science Net Links has created a wonderful index full of science lessons. There are fun lessons for grades K-12.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm