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RE Sources' education team offers free, in-class presentations to schools throughout Whatcom, Skagit and Island Counties. These presentations about air quality, recycling & waste reduction, and global warming get local students out of their seats and actively participating in solution-oriented learning.
Recycling and Waste Reduction Programs Air Quality Programs
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Air Quality Programs
The following hands-on, multimedia presentations are available to any school, public or private, in Whatcom, Island and Skagit Counties. RE Sources presents these free programs on behalf of the Northwest Clean Air Agency (NWCAA). |
Global Warming - You Make the Difference
Global climate change is a complex problem, but the solutions are simple. RE Sources will help students understand the greenhouse effect and how human contributions affect climate change.
Students play a unique board game that keeps them entertained and engaged while helping them understand that, by making certain choices, they can play an active role in solutions to global warming.
Designed for grades 5-7, this program can stand-alone or act as a great supplement for a unit on weather, climate or the environment. Breathe Easy With the help of such activities as an interactive story,
an entertaining video, role-playing and some cool science demonstrations, students in grades K – 7 understand what air pollution is, what makes air pollution and how their individual choices affect air quality.
For each topic, students receive information to take home to their families, and the teacher receives follow-up activities.
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Here’s what students are saying
about our air quality and
global warming programs:
- "I wish my folks would buy those funny
light bulbs."
- "I was surprised what I can do to help!"
- “I learned so many things about how
important it is to save energy and electricity. I never knew that recycling one glass jar could save 3 hours of energy.”
- “Some things that my family and I will do
to help air quality and global warming
are plan car trips, plant trees, and walk instead of drive. Thanks for the great advice!”
- “I just want to thank you for showing
us what to do to help our community.”
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To schedule a presentation, contact RE Sources at 360-733-8307 in Whatcom County or 1-800-760-8434 in Island and Skagit Counties. Contact us via email at  schools@re-sources.org
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Recycling and Waste Reduction
The following hands-on, multimedia presentations are available to any school, public or private, in Whatcom County. Our recycling and waste reducation programs are offered with funding support from the Whatcom County Solid Waste Division.
All presentations are 30-45 minutes for primary grades and 1 hour for third grade and above. |
Garbology 101 Designed for grades K-6, these presentations make age-appropriate use of puppetry, storytelling, games and poems to convey the problems with garbage, the solutions to those problems and how students can make a difference by reducing, reusing and recycling their family's trash. Hey Waiter, There's a Worm in My Dirt Whether you already have a worm bin in your classroom, are interested in building or procuring one or are just intrigued by worms, this presentation is for you! Students use microscopes, scientific drawing and our portable worm bin to learn how composting fits into the larger waste reduction picture. Available to students in grades 3-6. |
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Got Pulp? Students love getting up to their elbows in a vat of paper slurry! They make one-of-a-kind paper treasures while learning about the connections between recycling, reuse and resource conservation.
Papermaking is available to grades K-6. |
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Toxin’ Trash Most households have a variety of hazardous products hiding around the house (the average family has over 60). Through an interactive group game, students learn how to identify potentially hazardous materials and how to properly use, store and dispose of them. They also get a chance to prepare and use safer alternatives made from non-toxic household supplies such as salt, vinegar, baking soda and elbow grease.
Available to students in grades 3-6. |
6th Grade Recycling Unit - Garbologists in Training With the help of such things as live worms, paper pulp, and our own version of the popular game “Jeopardy,” 6th graders gain in-depth knowledge about waste reduction, recycling and hazardous products during this week-long program. The 5-contact unit includes each of the presentations listed above, as well as a final wrap-up and review day. |
Here’s what students and teachers are saying about
our recycling and waste
reduction programs…
- “Thank you for teaching us about global warming, now we can be part of the answer and not the problem.” (5th grader)
- “Thank you for telling me about three R's recycle, reduce, and reuse. Also the paper I made came out great. I hope I can save a tree.”
- “Finally! When I said, ‘Take out a piece of scratch paper,’ they didn’t all pull out a clean sheet of lined notebook paper. Some even headed to our blue recycle tub and grabbed paper from there!” (4th grade teacher)
- “I had a fun time when you came to our class, THANK YOU…I was amazed but a little grossed out. And then when you showed us how to make paper, it was very, very fun.”
- “I was surprised that the U.S. comprises 5% of the world population, but accounts for 25% of its resource use. I’m going to start thinking more about what I need versus what I simply want.” (11th grader)
- “Green is the new black!” (4th grader)
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Think Twice before You Buy
Did you know that American teenagers spend over 150 billion dollars annually?
Teens are buying more than ever before, and the effects of increased levels of consumption are at the core of many of the environmental and social challenges we face today. Through a fast-paced multimedia presentation, discussions, and activities that promote critical thinking skills, students will gain knowledge about the issue of over-consumption, the role they play as consumers, and the sound decisions they can make regarding their own consumer habits – learning to “think twice before they buy.”
The program is designed as two, hour-long visits:
- Media and Marketing: The first session examines the media’s role behind creating the impulse to buy unneeded items by evaluating how and why teenagers use their purchasing powers.
- The Hidden Cost of being “Cool”: The second
presentation examines the hidden costs of current levels of consumption on the environment and society as a whole including the links between purchasing and disposal issues.
“Think Twice before You Buy” is aimed at students in grades 8 – 12.
For each topic, students receive information to take home to their families, and the teacher receives follow-up activities. |
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All presentations are 30-45 minutes for primary grades and 1 hour for third grade and above.
To schedule a presentation, contact RE Sources at 360-733-8307 or schools@re-sources.org
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