Adventures in Recycling

INTRODUCTION

Increasing our knowledge of recycling will help us to understand the importance of recycling and protecting our environment. The landfills are filling up and we can do something about it by recycling and persuading others to do the same.

TASK

Your task will be to answer the following four questions using the resources available. Once you have gathered the answers, using the information you already know and the new information, write a persuasive essay trying to persuade someone to recycle. After finding the answers you make take the quiz to test your knowledge about recycling.

RESOURCES

1. What are the benefits to recycling?

2. Why Recycle?

3. What can we do to make Earth Day everyday?

4. Where did the recycling symbol come from?

http://www.recyclingteam.org/recycling.html

http://www.msys.net/recycle/why.html

http://www.epa.gov/region07/kids/envirokids/savearth.htm#HOME

http://www.tappi.org/paperu/hot_topics/Recycling_symbol.pdf

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/environmental/earthday_events.cfm

Take this quiz…

http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/PublicEd/Quiz/default.asp

PROCESS

1. Complete the Web Quest questions by going to the resources listed.

2. Type up your answers to the four questions using Microsoft Word.

3. Using any new information learned and also prior knowledge of recycling to complete a persuasive essay.

4. Hand in both your answer sheet and persuasive essay.

5. Finally, you may take the quiz provided in the Web Quest to see how much you know!

EVALUATION

1. Did you answer all the questions in the Web Quest?

2. Did you write a persuasive essay incorporating your past and new information on recycling?

3. Did you take the quiz provided in the Web Quest?

CONCLUSION

You have become even more knowledgeable about the importance of recycling and have gathered more information to help you persuade others to recycle. WAY TO GO!!