Waste/Recycling Education: Lesson Plans for Educators
Download free lesson plans and handouts from the TCEQ regarding waste-related topics, such as recycling, composting, and reuse.
Individual student handouts and lesson plans (with TEKS references) provided below.
| Lesson | Summary | Science TEKS (as of 2017) |
Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reusing Discarded Materials to Make Puppets | Develop an understanding that discarded materials can be reused. | K.1A,B; 1.1A,B | Lesson Plan |
| How to Recycle | Learn how the recycling process works, what materials can be recycled, and how to recycle properly. | 4.1B; 5.1B | Lesson Plan Handout Infographic |
| Creating Your Own Compost in 1-3 Months | Learn what composting is, the ingredients for a successful compost, and the environmental/societal benefits it provides. | 4.1A,B 5.1A,B 6.1B; 6.4B; 7.1A,B; 8.1A,B |
Lesson Plan Infographic |
| Household Hazardous Waste | Learn how to identify HHW products, safer alternatives, and where and how to reduce, reuse, recycle, or safely dispose of HHW items. | 6.1B; 8.1B | Lesson Plan Handout Answer Key |
