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Earth Day Crayon Recycling

Grade 345 min

Learning Objective

I can explain how recycling crayons helps the Earth and create new crayons from old ones.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Recycling Old Crayons! | An Earth Day Activity | SciShow Kids

Unknown Channel

Practice

14 min

2 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

“Explain one reason why recycling old crayons is good for the Earth. Imagine you have a box of broken crayons. List the steps you would take to recycle them into new crayons. Why is it important to have a grown-up help you when you recycle crayons?”

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