Podcast Part 2 Script

To help establish these concepts, we have done several projects throughout the semester. These projects have helped the students to explore recycling on their own, and with the assistance of other students and experts around the world.

During the first few class periods of this project, we did lessons that pertained to the different aspects of recycling. The first lesson was about what things can and cannot be recycled. Students watched a video on recycling, and were also given what is a called a “hotlist” of websites to visit to do further research on this topic. Students then presented the information that they had found to their fellow students, so that all of the different aspects were covered. Students also did a lesson about the benefits of recycling. This was a very important part of the unit, because it shows the students why we should recycle. If the students are going to convince others to recycle, they should just exactly why recycling is beneficial. Students did a powerpoint at the end of this lesson to present their information.

Along with other short lessons we have done over the semester, we also did a longer project in which students were able to communicate with a group of students from New Delhi, India. Before our students here in Kalamazoo could communicate with the group of students from India, they had to do some of their own research. The students researched a few different recyclable objects to find out what they could be recycled into, along with where they could be recycled. Once they had found that, they were able to ask the students from India some of the same questions that they had to answer, but in reference to recycling in India rather than here in Kalamazoo. The students were able to compare and contrast the way that India recycles with the way we recycle here in the United States, and to use a blog and Google Maps to communicate those things from one group of students to the other.

We are very excited to continue this unit. It has been a lot of fun to do, and we’re looking forward to sharing with you even more in the near future!