For Teachers & Students
Curriculum-Based Activities & Instructions
- How to Conduct a Blue Tarp Waste Audit
Download Waste Audit Worksheet - Blue Tarp Waste Audit Instructional Video
- ‘Wicked Smaht Recycler’ Curriculum Guide
- Link to the ‘Wicked Smaht Recycler’ Game
- Papermaking with ecomaine Lesson Plan
- Papermaking Instructional Video
- Upcycled Weaving Craft with ecomaine Lesson Plan
- Weaving Craft (Instructional Video)
- Take Home Recycling Kit Lesson Plan
- Recycling is for the Birds Lesson Plan
- Celebrating Earth Month, Indoors & Out! (Activity checklist)
Printables & Activity Sheets
- ecomaine-iac Bingo
- Earth Day Crossword Puzzle
- Recycling & Trash Handwriting Exercise
- Is it Trash, Recycling, or Compost? activity sheet
- ecomaine Fill-in-the-Blank activity
- Recycling Coloring Sheet
- Trash & Recycling Truck Dot-to-Dot
- “Recycle Right” Coloring Sheet
- Earth Maze
- Recycling Maze
- Recycling Maze II
- Secret Coded Message
- Word Search I
- Word Search II
Other Resources
- School Food Recovery Resources (Natural Resources Council of Maine)
- EPA: Solid Waste Activities (grades 9-12)
- EPA: Educational Materials
- Reduce Reuse Recycle Resources for Educators and Students (EPA)
General Audience:
- “A Brief History of Trash in the USA”
By Brigit McCallum, member of the Waterboro
Transfer Station and Recycling Committee - “The Science Behind Your Landfill” (ecomaine)
- EPA: Recycling
- ‘The Life Cycle of a Plastic Bag’ (The Plastic Grab Bag Challenge)
- Fifty environmental activities kids can do at home (Medium Environment America)
Biodiesel Debate
Maine Biodiesel Debate (video link, 44 minutes)
Debate: Audience Q & A (video link, 54 minutes)
