Recommended for grades K-9
This kit is designed to help students learn how they can make a difference in Oregon's environment - by doing simple things in their own homes! Students will examine real-world issues they will face as citizens of the future. Use in the classroom.

Activities:

1. The Case of the Mysterious Renters - Determine how much water families use each day and ways to conserve.
2. Choices & Preferences - Develop a "water index" to rank water uses.
3. Hazardous Products Substitutes (K-3) - Recognize signal words and visual symbols that indicate the presence of hazardous substances.
4. Hazardous Routes & Safe Substitutes (4-7) - Identify ways people dispose of household hazardous waste and create a recipe book of safe substitutes for home use.
5. Spanish Lessons on Waste (4-7) - Learn second language vocabulary and issues surrounding solid waste.
6. Lunchroom Trash - Scrutinize your lunch time trash and determine ways to reduce waste.
7. Stormwater Obstacle Course - Race to prevent pollutants from going down the storm drain.
8. EcoMasters: Clean Water. An interactive CD that builds support for pollution prevention.

Resources & Books:

1. Understanding Garbage and Our Environment. Nolan. Investigate solutions such as recycling, composting and reducing.
2. The Garbage Monster. Sensel. A fearsome garbage monster gets recycled limb by limb.
3. Recycling Curriculum