Waste In Place
Curriculum for Teaching
Litter Prevention and
Solid Waste Management
The Waste In Place curriculum, created by Keep America Beautiful, addresses the problem of waste and its disposal alternatives, and emphasizes responsible solid waste handling practices through hands-on activities for K-8th grade. This unique curriculum aims to encourage informed decisions by our future community leaders.
Curriculum Goals
- Increase awareness and knowledge of solid waste problems
- Use hands-on activities to teach students how to properly dispose of and handle solid waste
- Promote social responsibility
- Use a behaviorally-based, systematic approach to changing attitudes and practices related to proper waste handling
Background
Waste In Place uses an approach developed through three years of research and is consistent with recommendations from the National Board of Education, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Science Foundations, Science for All Americans, and Project 2061. Some of these recommendations include utility, social responsibility, intrinsic value of knowledge, philosophical value, and childhood enrichment.
In the Classroom
Lessons are correlated with TEA's TEKS, can be easily integrated into existing subjects, and may use a thematic approach to allow students the opportunity to practice essential process skills and develop the thinking required to make wise decisions about pollution prevention. KTB's curricula, in conjunction with all participating agencies, promotes pollution prevention education, which may include protecting natural resources, through conservation or increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources.
Implementation
Educators attend a six-hour workshop that provides information sharing and hands-on activities that demonstrate the usefulness as well as offer an understanding of solid waste concepts through the Waste In Place curriculum. Participants receive six hours of Texas Environmental Education Advisory Credit (TEEAC) toward an environmental education certificate, and six hours of State Board of Education continuing education hours, if needed.
Supplemental Materials
Keep Texas Beautiful developed an Environmental Education Kit as a supplement to the WIP Curriculum. A CD with resources and activities as well as a ready-made lesson plan is included. They are available for $17 each.
For more information on Waste In Place, or to become a WIP trainer, contact Christine Chute Canul at 1-800-CLEAN-TX.
Curriculum for TeachingLitter Prevention and
Solid Waste Management
The Waste In Place curriculum, created by Keep America Beautiful, addresses the problem of waste and its disposal alternatives, and emphasizes responsible solid waste handling practices through hands-on activities for K-8th grade. This unique curriculum aims to encourage informed decisions by our future community leaders.
Curriculum Goals
- Increase awareness and knowledge of solid waste problems
- Use hands-on activities to teach students how to properly dispose of and handle solid waste
- Promote social responsibility
- Use a behaviorally-based, systematic approach to changing attitudes and practices related to proper waste handling
Background
Waste In Place uses an approach developed through three years of research and is consistent with recommendations from the National Board of Education, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Science Foundations, Science for All Americans, and Project 2061. Some of these recommendations include utility, social responsibility, intrinsic value of knowledge, philosophical value, and childhood enrichment.
In the Classroom
Lessons are correlated with TEA's TEKS, can be easily integrated into existing subjects, and may use a thematic approach to allow students the opportunity to practice essential process skills and develop the thinking required to make wise decisions about pollution prevention. KTB's curricula, in conjunction with all participating agencies, promotes pollution prevention education, which may include protecting natural resources, through conservation or increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources.
Implementation
Educators attend a six-hour workshop that provides information sharing and hands-on activities that demonstrate the usefulness as well as offer an understanding of solid waste concepts through the Waste In Place curriculum. Participants receive six hours of Texas Environmental Education Advisory Credit (TEEAC) toward an environmental education certificate, and six hours of State Board of Education continuing education hours, if needed.
Supplemental Materials
Keep Texas Beautiful developed an Environmental Education Kit as a supplement to the WIP Curriculum. A CD with resources and activities as well as a ready-made lesson plan is included. They are available for $17 each.
For more information on Waste In Place, or to become a WIP trainer, contact Christine Chute Canul at 1-800-CLEAN-TX.
