Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate how natural resources and earth materials are used in everyday recyclable items and explain why reusing materials helps conserve resources.
Students will be able to classify common classroom and household items into recycling, trash, or reuse groups using evidence from material type and condition.
Students will be able to conduct short research about the Lexington Recycle Center and Guthrie Opportunity Center to gather facts about what happens to recycled materials.
Students will be able to collaborate in discussions to explain sorting decisions, build on peers' ideas, and ask questions that improve a team recycling solution.
Students will be able to design and refine a school recycling bin station with clear signs that help others sort materials correctly.
Students will be able to make a claim about how recycling and reusing materials can reduce waste and support healthier school and community environments.
Products
Waste Warrior Research Page and Prototype Sketch
Each student creates a one-page research artifact with notes from firsthand/teacher-guided sources and a labeled sketch of one recycled art piece, reuse tool, or bin sign idea. The page must show what the student learned about materials, waste reduction, and the user need the prototype is meant to solve.
School Recycling Station Plan and Community Pitch Board
Teams combine individual ideas into a shared problem statement, a higher-fidelity recycling bin station model, and a pitch board for the Waste Warriors Museum. The final product must show how user needs, sorting evidence, and peer feedback shaped the design.
No rubric has been generated yet.