LESSON 1
Reuse materials &
Reduce paper use:
Every ton of paper recycled
saved 7,000 gallons of water,
17 trees, and 4,100 KW hours
of energy (U.S. EPA).
"Americans discard 4 million
tons of office paper every year,
enough to build a 12' high wall
of paper from New York to
California."
-The Recycler's Handbook
Waste Facts, remove your
name from junk mail lists &
ways to reduce paper
ASK STUDENTS:
How do trees help the
environment?
- provide shade, reduce
temperature and help to
produce rainfall.
What is Global Warming?
- earth's temperature is rising
because of the amount of
carbon in our atmosphere.
Why is it important to reuse,
reduce, recycle?
- reduce the amount of carbon
we create and reduce the
amount of trees we cut down.
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SKETCHBOOK
- Students take a large
sheet of colored paper
(12x18 folded in half) or
used file folder and insert
a stack of old fliers or
office paper that is used
on one side.
- Students staple journal
together or use hole
punch and pipe cleaner
for binding
- Students can hole punch
paper and folder and tie
with pipe cleaner. Add
beads to end of pipe
cleaner.
- Decorate cover with
markers and glitter glue
USE: old file folder, used office
paper, hole punch, pipe cleaners,
beads, markers
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REDWOOD = touch top of paper,
move green back and forth,
starting small and building to a
large base.
Tree looks more real if the
branches are uneven.
Add a trunk with vertical lines to
create Redwood bark and
horizontal lines for branches.
Trunk is wider at base
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EARTH = Draw a large blue circle.
Start with top left corner, draw
large square; North America
Top right corner draw large oval;
Asia & Europe
Small diamond sits in between
square and oval; Greenland
Bottom right corner, create a
triangle shape; Australia
Center is two ovals in the shape
of a 9, over & down; Africa
Bottom left is letter P or a circle
with a tail; South America
Connect South America with North
America; Latin America
Talk to students about the
cycle of trees helping to
create precipitation and the
sun creating evaporation.
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LESSON 2
Reuse materials &
Reduce Carbon Footprint
"One acre of trees absorbs
10,000 to 12,000 lbs of carbon
dioxide and returns 8,000 lbs of
fresh oxygen to the air." -
Earth-Friendly Crafts For Kids
ASK STUDENTS:
How do trees help the earth?
- reducing the amount of carbon
and reducing temperature.
Young trees grow in forests
under large adult trees.
Describe the environment of a
forest.
Keep young trees in shade until
about 3' tall.
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BUILD TREE BOX
Student pairs get 6 plastic
squares each and a roll of colored
Duck Tape. Students work in
pairs, one holds plastic while
other one tapes. Together they
build a tall box or two small boxes.
Rip tape pieces to length and lay
tape so it is like a hinge, laying on
both the edge of the bottom
square and the edge of the side
square. Use fingers to push
tape down into plastic.
Tape every seam, both inside and
outside the box.
Lid is created by a square being
taped only on one edge. Tape
inside and outside creating a
hinge.
USE: Duck Tape, plastic, sharpies,
magazine/cartoon images, dirt,
trees. Duck Tape is found at
Hardware and Craft stores.
Plastic squares or CD cases are
discarded packaging material
found at
www.raft.net
Trees found at
www.sequoiatrees.com
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DECORATE TREE BOX
- Use sharpie markers or
glass paint to decorate
Plant Box. Keep
windows and doors
open for ventilation
when using sharpies.
- Students who are
hesitant to draw can use
clip art or magazine
pictures. Provide
environmental magazines
and clip art pictures, blue
removable painters tape
and scissors.
- Students cut out
pictures, use removable
tape them to inside of
box and trace image with
sharpie on outside of
clear box and remove
inside paper picture.
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PLANT TREE BOX
Native Species
We make decisions about what we
cut down and what we plant.
Example for California; it helps our
environment to plant California
Poppy flowers or Redwood trees
instead of Eucalyptus trees that are
not native.
- Fill bottom of box with dirt.
Plant native flowers or
trees. The boxes may
need to be 2 squares high
for sapling trees to grow.
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OPTIONAL: After planting outside,
students can look at the shape of
adult trees and paint them.
Use scrap matboard/cardboard to
paint on. Scrap mat board is
thrown away and can be gathered
from small framing shops.
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LESSON 3
Deforestation
"10 countries are responsible for
87% of global deforestation.
Deforestation causes up to 1/5
of current greenhouse gas
emissions from human activity."
www.panda.org
ASK STUDENTS:
What deforestation means, how
it happens and what happens to
the animal who live d in the
forests. Students can take turns
reading from library books about
animals threatened by habitat
loss.
Put on a film about endangered
species and forest destruction
while students are working on
their images. Video and DVDs
can be found at local libraries or
episodes online at www.pbs.org
www.eia-international.org
Images of endangered animals
can be found at local libraries or
calendars from GREENPEACE
www.greenpeace.org
WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
www.panda.org
and Creature calendar by
Andrew Zuckerman
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ENDANGERED ANIMAL
(This lesson is great for building
confidence in artistic ability.)
Students are challenged to think
about composition and where
they place the animal image on
the tracing paper.
- Pick out an image of an
endangered animal, tape
tracing paper to image
with the blue removable
tape and create and
image with markers.
- Try layering lines of
different colors and vary
the shapes and lines.
Straight lines do not look
as realistic for feathers
or fur.
USE: blue painters tape =
removable, black Duck Tape,
tracing paper, calendars and
books on endangered animals,
markers, video/DVD
Recommended movie :
www.pbs.
org/wnet/nature/inthewild/rob
erts.html
www.youtube.com
search: deforestation
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FRAME PICTURE
- Use black Duck Tape to
create a border around the
tracing paper image. Lay a
piece of Duck Tape on a
table, stick side up.
Slowly lay tissue straight
so half of tape is on the
back of tissue. Wrap tape
around to cover the front
of tissue and make a
edger.
- Frame can cover top and
bottom or all four sides of
image.
- Hang pictures in the
window with removable
tape or removable
adhesive putty
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"The very last 5 percent of
America's original forests are
being logged, causing the
extinction of plants and animals." -
www.saveamericasforests.org
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LESSON 4
Carbon Producers &
Green Energy
"Trees sequester carbon from
CO2 storing it as cellulose while
releasing oxygen back into the
air. A healthy tree can absorb
40 lbs of CO2 per year. This
helps prevent global climate
change. An acre of trees
absorbs as much carbon
dioxide as a car produces in
26,000 miles."
www.canopy.org
ASK STUDENTS:
Cars create carbon and trees
reduce the amount of carbon
that results in global warming.
So why do these two things not
balance each other out?
"Each U.S. rush-hour auto
commuter spends an average of
50 hours a year stuck in traffic.
In 2003, cars idling in traffic
wasted 5 billion gallons of fuel."
http://1world2wheels.org/get-
involved
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GREEN ENERGY
Artists have the power to
redesign the way we move from
place to place.
Electric designs:
www.kimballstock.com
Solar garage
http://envisionsolar.com/video/
#alternative
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Solar Lessons
Teacher and Student Guides:
www.need.org/pgesolarschoo
ls/ec.htm
Review many ways to create
Green Energy with children's
books from your local Library.
USE: sketch books, pencils,
erasures, colored pencils, mat
board scrap found at small frame
shops, markers,calendars and
books on green energy & electric
cars, video online
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DRAW CARS & TRUCKS
Practice basic car shape in sketch
book and then do another drawing
outside from observation.
All cars/trucks start with a long
rectangle base that the wheels
are in. Add two wheels 1/2 way
inside rectangle base with 5 dark
triangles pointing to center to
make hubcaps.
Vertical line up from middle of
front tire and vertical line 1/2 way
between two wheels creates
front door and windshield.
For a truck keep two vertical lines
the same height and add
horizontal roof of front cab. Truck
will have horizontal hood that
creates a boxy front and a long
low rectangular back.
For a car keep front vertical line
shorter and create a angled roof
from the top of the middle vertical
line down to the front headlight. A
car will have slanted roof from
middle of car to back headlight.
Add a vertical line from back tire
to roof for back door.
Add windows, lights, door
handles, antenna and color.
Remember this one is just for
practice!
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Students may sit outside in front of
a car and draw from observation.
Drawing on mat board (thrown
away from small frame shops) is
preferred because it is a sturdy
surface and soft for pencils. Bring
art back to class to add color and
solar ideas!
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DRAW BIKES
Another clean option is biking!
Bike Facts
1world2wheels.org/get-involved
Start with two circles for wheels
with inner circles creating tires,
add spokes.
Add A small circle gear between
two tires, small diagonal lines and
rectangle foot rests for pedals.
Wiggly chain goes around gear and
back tire.
Two parallel lines up from the
pedals with an oval on top makes
A seat. Two lines up from the front
wheel and > shape makes handle
bars.
Two bars connect seat bar to
handle bars. One bar connects
back tire to seat bar.
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Lesson 5
Reduce Plastic Use
Reducing plastic use reduces
our use of oil products, our
Carbon Footprint from
manufacturing and protects our
ocean animals.
"Plastic makes up the largest
percentage of this marine
debris: 60-80 percent of all
marine debris is plastic. Marine
debris affects 267 species
worldwide. Animals often eat
bits of plastic that they mistake
for food, and endure internal
injuries, intestinal blockage, and
starvation."
www.environmentcalifornia.o
rg
ASK STUDENTS:
What can you do to reduce the
amount of plastic waste you
create?
How will you remember to use
cloth bags at the grocery store?
Show students video about
plastic in ocean
www.environmentcalifornia.o
rg/oceans2/reduce-ocean-po
llution
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CREATE CLOTH BAGS
Lay old T-shirt out flat and cut
stomach portion off from arm pit
to arm pit. Use arm and head
portion for paint rags.
Cut along one side of T-shirt to
create a large rectangle fabric.
Fold rectangle in half to create a
closed bottom and open sides
and top.
Lay long piece of ribbon (or loop
of fabric cut from end of T-shirt.)
on edge of fabric, around folded
edge, and under edge touching
the table. Ribbon sewn to bag
and tied at top makes one
handle.
Use 20 gauge beading wire and
cut off a long piece. Start at top
corner and sew down through
the ribbon, through the cloth,
through the second layer of
cloth, and through the second
layer of ribbon. Wire sews back
up through the ribbon, cloth,
cloth, ribbon.
End of wire can be tied in a knot
or twisted to itself at top of bag.
Sew down side, across folded
bottom, and up other side,
attaching handles as you go.
USE: old T-shirts or find misprint
throw aways from large
companies, sharp scissors,
20 gauge beading wire (non
coated), old ribbon,
sharpies/fabric paint
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Bags can also be pinned by
students and then sewn by
volunteers with sewing
machines.
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.MOTIVATIONAL LOGO
Artists help motivate people to make
different decisions. Artists are
responsible for creating the images
and advertising that makes doing
something look appealing.
Show students environmental logos:
www.itstimeforhope.com
An artist designed these images
and games to teach kids about
Recycling and the environment:
www.recycleworks.org/kids/inde
x.html
What logo can you create to
motivate and remind others to use
cloth bags? Use sharpies or fabric
paint on your bag.
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BAGS FROM A BOX
Another way to create a reusable
container / bag is to use Duck Tape
and an empty cereal or food
packaging box.
Slowly lay strips of colored Duck
Tape across the cardboard box,
covering all sides, smoothly.
After deciding on length of handle,
lay a long strip of duck tape on a
table sticky side up. Lay a second
piece on top, sticky side down. If
this piece (sticky down) is shorter
and centered, there will be a sticky
section at both ends of the tape
strap that you just created. Use the
sticky ends to attach strap to sides
of box.
Add images to front of bag by
painting white glue over and under
cut out environmental magazine
pictures or use cut pieces of Duck
tape.
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