I, Professor Eats-A-Lot-Of-Dirt, will divide you and your class
earthworm-mates into groups of four. First, each member of your group
should choose one of the following roles that will support your final task,
a persuasive flyer:
Role 1) Captain Recycle
Research and list items that can be recycled.
Role 2) Captain Reduce and Reuse
Research and list items that can be reduced and/or reused.
Role 3) Captain Where Does It Go
Research and explain where the trash goes and what happens to it
Role 4) Captain What Can We Make
Research and describe things that can be made from recyclables.
Next, spend time researching your question by looking at each
website posted for your role. Take notes on what you discover.
After you have completed your research, meet as a group and
present the information that you have gathered. Start to combine that
information to create a flyer that persuades the people community to
begin recycling, reducing, and reusing. Your flyer should contain information
from each earthworm's role. It should also contain pictures or drawings that
catch a person's eye. As you create the flyer, think about the following
questions:
1) Why should people recycle, reduce, and reuse?
2) How can we powerfully summarize the positive effect of recycling,
reducing, and reusing for the people community?
3) What information would convince us to recycle, reduce, and reuse if
we were people living in our people community?
Finally, as a group you will present your flyer to the class and
explain why you chose to include the information you did on your flyer. As a
class we will comment on your flyer and decide which class flyer is the
most persuasive. The chosen flyer will be displayed out in the people
community for many to see and read.
It's up to you, student earthworms! Go get 'em!
