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This great "re-use it" activity will demonstrate how to transform a greeting card into a box. Once constructed, the box can have many uses like holding special notes or keepsakes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners keep track of how much paper the group uses in a week. Build awareness of paper waste, while strengthening measurement and estimation skills.

free Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners build one or more edible coral polyps and place them together to form a colony.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct a waste audit and use their findings to implement a plan for reducing trash.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this Bob the Builder(TM)-themed activity, learners explore the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) by rotating through several activity stations.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom trash and discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners follow simple steps to recycle old newspaper into new paper.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity with several mini experiments, learners explore the chemistry that helps scientists learn about the environment and how they can help save it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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In this activity, learners gain a better understanding of how household/school waste breaks down in a landfill. Learners collect trash and then create miniature landfills in 2-liter bottles.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity, learners go "can fishing" and discover the kinds of aquatic organisms that live in and on submerged cans.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes