These ready-to-print, classroom-tested worksheets were designed to build students’ observation and critical thinking skills. Through closely observing, studying and reflecting on broken items in their daily lives, students develop a greater familiarity with material objects and a deepened understanding of waste.
This tool is linked to California Common Core Standards, One Planet Living Topic, and Environmental Principles and Concepts information.
Go to — Another “R”: Repair!
Age — 3rd - 5th grade (9 - 11 year olds)
Cost — Free
Source — Rethink Waste, California USA
“We know the 4R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot (Compost). Now, we want to introduce one more important ‘R’: Repair!”
From RethinkWaste, a waste management authority in San Mateo County, San Francisco Bay Area.
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