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BELLRINGER
Where have you heard of reducing, reusing, and recycling?
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What is a natural resource?
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What are examples of natural resources?
Why are they important?
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What are renewable resources?
What are some examples of renewable resources?
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What are non-renewable resources?
What are some examples of non-renewable resources?
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What are inexhaustible resources?
What are some examples of inexhaustible resources?
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
OBJECTIVE
After today you will be able to explain the meaning of each of the 3R’s in Reuse, Reduce,, Recycle and give examples for each. You will be able to classify green actions by the 3R’s.
BIG GOAL CONNECTION
80% Mastery
2.3 3R’S CLASS NOTES
CONSERVATION
We can conserve natural resources by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Conserve means to save or protect
REDUCE
Reduce – to make less waste by purchasing less
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What does it mean to reduce?
REUSE
Reuse – to use materials again instead of throwing them away
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What does it mean to reuse?
RECYCLE
Recycle – to save and take reusable materials to places where they can be remade into either the same product or new products
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What does it mean to recycle?
GUIDED PRACTICE
1
The phrase: reuse, reduce, recycle refers to the things that humans can do to:
a. Keep their houses cleanb. Save moneyc. Conserve resourcesd. Avoid house fires
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Give an example of reducing:
3
Give an example of reusing:
4
Give an example of recycling:
CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AS REUSE, REDUCE, OR RECYCLE: 5
Michael closes the window to lower the amount of heat his house uses up.
CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AS REUSE, REDUCE, OR RECYCLE: 6
Lydia never puts her plastic in the garbage, she sends it to a factory that will make it into another plastic product.
CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AS REUSE, REDUCE, OR RECYCLE: 7
Instead of throwing away his shoes when they get a hole in them, Edward gets them repaired so that he doesn’t have to create more waste.
CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AS REUSE, REDUCE, OR RECYCLE: 8
Malaysia always turns off the lights when she leaves the house to use up less energy.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
