Resources for staff members who want to teach their students about the benefits of recycling. No matter what grade level you teach, now is always a great time to teach your students how to recycle in the classroom and at home. See some of our great resources below to begin! These resources include:
Resources
For Staff
- Classroom Signage
- Powerpoints
- Videos
Signage
Elementary Signage
Download this poster and display it in your classroom to give your students a visual aid throughout the day.
Signage
Middle School Signage
Links to previously used signage at Holmes Junior High
Elementary to High School
Classroom PowerPoints
Elementary Lesson
How to Make Plant Food
This lesson is designed around the learning outcome K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Elementary Lesson
What is Compost?
This lesson is designed around the learning outcome MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Middle School Lesson
Compost: More Than Plant Food
This lesson is designed around the learning outcome MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
High School Lesson
Decomposition
This lesson is designed around the learning outcome HS-LS2-3: Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This is a short lesson that would be ideal to close a lesson on food webs and energy cycling as a whole.
Holmes Helps Update
Holmes Helps Update
This Google Slides presentation served as an update to the compost collection program at Holmes Junior High. It includes a Kahoot! quiz for students. (Autumn 2020)
Holmes Helps Update
Composting Update & Green Iowa Introduction
This is a presentation that highlighted the impact the composting program was having, in pounds of food waste and pounds of plastic diverted from the landfill, and announced that the school had won an environmental education award for their efforts. A short video is included with an update on the program. (January 2021)
Helpful Resources
Educational Videos
Visit our video page to find educational videos designed for the classroom or for students to watch at home with their families.
