Pre-Recorded Education Programs
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District has created some pre-recorded education programs.
Earth Day 2020 - https://youtu.be/_sxaaHr6Cws
Earth Cookie - https://youtu.be/4I-HJ8k77Lo
Freddy the Fish - https://youtu.be/mcDDckMwqfY
Michael Recycle Book Reading - https://youtu.be/56HZIuEuDOw
Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug Book Reading - https://youtu.be/uSwuXT15FKo
Where Does My Trash Go? - https://youtu.be/PAsg5wR5lTk
Who Polluted the Brandywine RIver - https://youtu.be/6A_VQVR2HNA
Education Programs
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District provides education to all residents of Hancock County through events, newspaper articles and community outreach programs.
Hancock County schools have an opportunity to take advantage of the educational services the Solid Waste Management District is able to provide. These services are at no cost to the school and we come into the classroom.
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District is able to provide education to Hancock County Schools in the following areas: 3R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), Composting and Environmental Science through interactive games, presentations, reading and crafts. We can customize programs to fit your specific needs. We have also partnered with an area company to provide a tour of a recycling facility and landfill.
We are able to offer the following programs:
Earth Cookie
State standards: Geography (K.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.2) ELA (K.RL.2.1, K.SL.2.1, K.SL.2.3, K.SL.2.4, K. SL.3.1, 1.RL.2.1, 1.RN.2.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5, 1.SL.3.1, 1.SL.3.2 Science (K.ESS.4)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
A beach ball earth will be displayed allowing the children to see just how much of the earth is covered with water and with land. A large cookie is decorated to represent water and the different land types found on the earth. At the end of the program, the students will be given a small piece of the cookie to eat. This program puts into perspective the small amount of land available for farming and how we need to protect our earth.
Musical Trash
State standards: Civics & Government (1.2.3) ELA (K.SL.1, K.SL.2.1, K.SL.2.3, 1.SL.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5) Science (K.PS.1, K.PS.2, K.ESS.4)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
This is an interactive and educational game the students will enjoy. Each student becomes a type of trash in a hysterical game of musical chairs. Those that are “out” of the game go to the trash can. At the end of the game, students will try to decide if they can be recycled, reused (and for what), composted, or left in the trash can to be hauled to the landfill.
Recycling Superheroes
State standards: ELA (1.RL.2.1, 1.RL.2.2, 1.RL.4.2, 1.RN.2.1, 1.RN.2.2, 1.RV.1, 1.RV.2.1, 1.RV.3.1, 1.RV.3.2, 1.SL.3.1) Science (K.PS.1, K.PS.2, K.ESS.4, K.2.E.1)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 Minutes
This program makes a fun and interactive activity highly educational in order to introduce students to the concept of recycling. Students will learn how to recycle by sorting through a pile of recyclable materials and sorting them into the correct bins, i.e. paper, plastic, metal or glass. Students will learn that waste materials end up somewhere; they don’t just “go away”. The book Michael Recycle will be read to the class.
Smart Choices
State Standards: ELA (K.W.S, K.RV.2.1, 1.SL.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
This program helps students learn to make smart choices in their daily lives that can help the environment. Reusing items rather than disposing of items is a smart choice, thereby reducing the amount of trash destined for a landfill. This program provides physical samples of reusable vs. non-reusable items. The students will each participate in the program by drawing a photo of an item from a bag and determining if the item is a “smart choice” or not a “smart choice” and then placing the photo on a display board in the appropriate category.
The 3R's
State Standards: Science (K.PS.1, K.ESS.4, 2.PS.1)
Grade: K-2
Duration: 45 minutes
The 3Rs - Students will learn the importance and concepts behind the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle message. The students will find out why, how and where they should recycle or reuse what they typically throw away. Recycling facts and samples are used in this interactive presentation.
How Do They Do That?
State standards: Science (K.PS.1, K.2.E.1, K.ESS.4, 1.LS.3) Economics (K.4.2, K.4.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.5) ELA (3.SL.2.4) Economics (2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.6, 3.4.1, 3.4.2) Geography (3.3.12)
Grade: K-3
Duration: 45 minutes
This program teaches students the importance of renewable and non-renewable natural resources to our Earth. Students will also learn how reducing, reusing, recycling, rethinking and buying post-consumer products they can help protect our natural resources, save energy, save money and reduce pollution. Students will “act out” the process of how paper or aluminum is made and then what steps can be eliminated if using recycled materials instead of raw materials.
Freddy Fish
State standards: ELA (2.RF.5, 2.RL.2.1, 2.RL.2.3, 2.RN.2.1, 2.SL.1, 2.SL.2.1, 2.SL.2.3, 3.RF.5, 3.RL.2.1, 3.RL.2.3, 3.RN.2.1, 3.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4, 3.SL.2.5, 3.SL.3.1) Geography (2.3.8, 2.3.12, 3.3.13) Science (2.ESS.3, 2.ESS.4)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 Minutes
This lesson is intended to raise awareness of water pollution. Students will learn hands on about water pollution and its effects on the environment and ecosystems as the story about a fish named Freddy travels downstream.
Where Does My Trash Go?
State standards: ELA (2.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4) Geography (3.3.13)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 Minutes
Students follow the journey of trash from their homes to the landfill and learn how recycling gives materials new life. They can learn about the technologies involved in waste management and recycling and the importance of properly disposing of harmful wastes. A PowerPoint presentation is given.
Edible Landfill
State standards: ELA (3.SL.2.4) Geography (3.3.13) Science (4.PS.4, 4.ESS.2, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 3-5
Duration: 45 minutes
This program is designed to be a completely interactive learning experience. Participants will learn the differences between landfills and incinerators as final destinations for trash. Students will each create their own landfill using edible items and then will be allowed to eat their creation.
Where Do I Belong?
State standards: ELA (2.SL.2.1, 2.SL.2.3, 2.SL.2.4, 2.SL.2.5, 2.SL.3.2, 3.SL.1, 3.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4, 3.SL.2.5) Geography (3.3.12, 3.3.13)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 minutes
This program is a interactive learning experience. Participants will each be given a photo of a piece of waste and asked to sit on a tarp, which
represents a landfill cell. Each participant is asked to stand and show their photo to the other participants. They then determine if their item
can be recycled, composted or if they must remain in the landfill.
The EnviroScape
State Standards: ELA (4.SL.2.1, 4.SL.2.4, 4.SL.2.5, 5.SL.2.1, 5.SL.2.4) Geography (4.3.3, 5.3.3, 5.3.7) Science (4.ESS.4, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 4
Duration: 45 minutes
This interactive program will explain the natural resource water. We will look at the water cycle starting with precipitation, how groundwater is generated and used. Through simulations we will see how human activities on land affect groundwater. This activity can be brought to the school. Students will be asked to participate in the simulation and asked questions at the end. While targeted for the 4th grade, this can be tailored to meet your educational needs.
Who Polluted the Brandywine River?
State standards: ELA (4.RF.5, 4.SL.2.1, 4.SL.2.4, 4.SL.2.5, 5.SL.2.1, 5.SL.2.4) Science (4.ESS.4, 4.LS.2, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 4-5
Duration: 45 Minutes
Through an interactive story, students experience the pollution of the Brandywine River over time and propose methods to clean up and protect the river from current and future pollution.
Composting
State Standards:
Grades: 5-6
Duration: (2+) visits - 30 - 45 minutes each
This program is designed to explain what composting is, how it helps the environment and how it works, most of this is taught in the first visit. During the second visit, each grade level will be given a composting container, tools, and a journal to create and maintain their own composting container. The third visit will be a follow-up in the spring, to determine what the final result is for their compost and to find a place to use the compost. Additional visits are optional and available upon request. Composting containers and tools will be collected at this final visit.
Recycling Book Loan
Duration: 30 Day Loan
These books give the basic knowledge of recycling, what happens to items when they are recycled and teaches how recycling efforts benefit the Earth. Great for Earth Day and America Recycles Day!
Books available are:
Adventures of a Plastic Bottle, written by Allison Inches
Adventures of an Aluminum Can, written by Allison Inches
Compost Stew, An A to Z Recipe for the Earth, written by Mary McKenna Siddals
Composting, Nature's Recyclers, written by Robin Koontz
Don’t Throw That Away, written by Lara Bergen
Garbage Helps our Garden Grow, A Compost Story, written by Linda Glaser
Garden Wigglers, Earthworms in Your Backyard, written by Nancy Loewen
I Can Save the Earth, written by Allison Inches
It's Earth Day! written by Mercer Mayer
Michael Recycle, written by Ellie Bethel
Michael Recycle meets Litterbug Doug, written by Ellie Bethel
Stuff! Reduce, Ruse, Recycle, written by Steven Kroll
The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, written by Nuria Roca
The Wartville Wizard, written by Don Madden
Why Should I Protect Nature? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Recycle? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Save Energy? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Save Water? written by Jen Green
Wiggling Worms at Work, written by Wendy Pfeffer
Wonderful Worms, written by Linda Glaser
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District has created some pre-recorded education programs.
Earth Day 2020 - https://youtu.be/_sxaaHr6Cws
Earth Cookie - https://youtu.be/4I-HJ8k77Lo
Freddy the Fish - https://youtu.be/mcDDckMwqfY
Michael Recycle Book Reading - https://youtu.be/56HZIuEuDOw
Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug Book Reading - https://youtu.be/uSwuXT15FKo
Where Does My Trash Go? - https://youtu.be/PAsg5wR5lTk
Who Polluted the Brandywine RIver - https://youtu.be/6A_VQVR2HNA
Education Programs
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District provides education to all residents of Hancock County through events, newspaper articles and community outreach programs.
Hancock County schools have an opportunity to take advantage of the educational services the Solid Waste Management District is able to provide. These services are at no cost to the school and we come into the classroom.
The Hancock County Solid Waste Management District is able to provide education to Hancock County Schools in the following areas: 3R's (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), Composting and Environmental Science through interactive games, presentations, reading and crafts. We can customize programs to fit your specific needs. We have also partnered with an area company to provide a tour of a recycling facility and landfill.
We are able to offer the following programs:
Earth Cookie
State standards: Geography (K.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.2) ELA (K.RL.2.1, K.SL.2.1, K.SL.2.3, K.SL.2.4, K. SL.3.1, 1.RL.2.1, 1.RN.2.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5, 1.SL.3.1, 1.SL.3.2 Science (K.ESS.4)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
A beach ball earth will be displayed allowing the children to see just how much of the earth is covered with water and with land. A large cookie is decorated to represent water and the different land types found on the earth. At the end of the program, the students will be given a small piece of the cookie to eat. This program puts into perspective the small amount of land available for farming and how we need to protect our earth.
Musical Trash
State standards: Civics & Government (1.2.3) ELA (K.SL.1, K.SL.2.1, K.SL.2.3, 1.SL.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5) Science (K.PS.1, K.PS.2, K.ESS.4)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
This is an interactive and educational game the students will enjoy. Each student becomes a type of trash in a hysterical game of musical chairs. Those that are “out” of the game go to the trash can. At the end of the game, students will try to decide if they can be recycled, reused (and for what), composted, or left in the trash can to be hauled to the landfill.
Recycling Superheroes
State standards: ELA (1.RL.2.1, 1.RL.2.2, 1.RL.4.2, 1.RN.2.1, 1.RN.2.2, 1.RV.1, 1.RV.2.1, 1.RV.3.1, 1.RV.3.2, 1.SL.3.1) Science (K.PS.1, K.PS.2, K.ESS.4, K.2.E.1)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 Minutes
This program makes a fun and interactive activity highly educational in order to introduce students to the concept of recycling. Students will learn how to recycle by sorting through a pile of recyclable materials and sorting them into the correct bins, i.e. paper, plastic, metal or glass. Students will learn that waste materials end up somewhere; they don’t just “go away”. The book Michael Recycle will be read to the class.
Smart Choices
State Standards: ELA (K.W.S, K.RV.2.1, 1.SL.1, 1.SL.2.1, 1.SL.2.3, 1.SL.2.4, 1.SL.2.5)
Grade: K-1
Duration: 45 minutes
This program helps students learn to make smart choices in their daily lives that can help the environment. Reusing items rather than disposing of items is a smart choice, thereby reducing the amount of trash destined for a landfill. This program provides physical samples of reusable vs. non-reusable items. The students will each participate in the program by drawing a photo of an item from a bag and determining if the item is a “smart choice” or not a “smart choice” and then placing the photo on a display board in the appropriate category.
The 3R's
State Standards: Science (K.PS.1, K.ESS.4, 2.PS.1)
Grade: K-2
Duration: 45 minutes
The 3Rs - Students will learn the importance and concepts behind the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle message. The students will find out why, how and where they should recycle or reuse what they typically throw away. Recycling facts and samples are used in this interactive presentation.
How Do They Do That?
State standards: Science (K.PS.1, K.2.E.1, K.ESS.4, 1.LS.3) Economics (K.4.2, K.4.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.5) ELA (3.SL.2.4) Economics (2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.6, 3.4.1, 3.4.2) Geography (3.3.12)
Grade: K-3
Duration: 45 minutes
This program teaches students the importance of renewable and non-renewable natural resources to our Earth. Students will also learn how reducing, reusing, recycling, rethinking and buying post-consumer products they can help protect our natural resources, save energy, save money and reduce pollution. Students will “act out” the process of how paper or aluminum is made and then what steps can be eliminated if using recycled materials instead of raw materials.
Freddy Fish
State standards: ELA (2.RF.5, 2.RL.2.1, 2.RL.2.3, 2.RN.2.1, 2.SL.1, 2.SL.2.1, 2.SL.2.3, 3.RF.5, 3.RL.2.1, 3.RL.2.3, 3.RN.2.1, 3.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4, 3.SL.2.5, 3.SL.3.1) Geography (2.3.8, 2.3.12, 3.3.13) Science (2.ESS.3, 2.ESS.4)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 Minutes
This lesson is intended to raise awareness of water pollution. Students will learn hands on about water pollution and its effects on the environment and ecosystems as the story about a fish named Freddy travels downstream.
Where Does My Trash Go?
State standards: ELA (2.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4) Geography (3.3.13)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 Minutes
Students follow the journey of trash from their homes to the landfill and learn how recycling gives materials new life. They can learn about the technologies involved in waste management and recycling and the importance of properly disposing of harmful wastes. A PowerPoint presentation is given.
Edible Landfill
State standards: ELA (3.SL.2.4) Geography (3.3.13) Science (4.PS.4, 4.ESS.2, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 3-5
Duration: 45 minutes
This program is designed to be a completely interactive learning experience. Participants will learn the differences between landfills and incinerators as final destinations for trash. Students will each create their own landfill using edible items and then will be allowed to eat their creation.
Where Do I Belong?
State standards: ELA (2.SL.2.1, 2.SL.2.3, 2.SL.2.4, 2.SL.2.5, 2.SL.3.2, 3.SL.1, 3.SL.2.1, 3.SL.2.4, 3.SL.2.5) Geography (3.3.12, 3.3.13)
Grade: 2-3
Duration: 45 minutes
This program is a interactive learning experience. Participants will each be given a photo of a piece of waste and asked to sit on a tarp, which
represents a landfill cell. Each participant is asked to stand and show their photo to the other participants. They then determine if their item
can be recycled, composted or if they must remain in the landfill.
The EnviroScape
State Standards: ELA (4.SL.2.1, 4.SL.2.4, 4.SL.2.5, 5.SL.2.1, 5.SL.2.4) Geography (4.3.3, 5.3.3, 5.3.7) Science (4.ESS.4, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 4
Duration: 45 minutes
This interactive program will explain the natural resource water. We will look at the water cycle starting with precipitation, how groundwater is generated and used. Through simulations we will see how human activities on land affect groundwater. This activity can be brought to the school. Students will be asked to participate in the simulation and asked questions at the end. While targeted for the 4th grade, this can be tailored to meet your educational needs.
Who Polluted the Brandywine River?
State standards: ELA (4.RF.5, 4.SL.2.1, 4.SL.2.4, 4.SL.2.5, 5.SL.2.1, 5.SL.2.4) Science (4.ESS.4, 4.LS.2, 5.ESS.3)
Grade: 4-5
Duration: 45 Minutes
Through an interactive story, students experience the pollution of the Brandywine River over time and propose methods to clean up and protect the river from current and future pollution.
Composting
State Standards:
Grades: 5-6
Duration: (2+) visits - 30 - 45 minutes each
This program is designed to explain what composting is, how it helps the environment and how it works, most of this is taught in the first visit. During the second visit, each grade level will be given a composting container, tools, and a journal to create and maintain their own composting container. The third visit will be a follow-up in the spring, to determine what the final result is for their compost and to find a place to use the compost. Additional visits are optional and available upon request. Composting containers and tools will be collected at this final visit.
Recycling Book Loan
Duration: 30 Day Loan
These books give the basic knowledge of recycling, what happens to items when they are recycled and teaches how recycling efforts benefit the Earth. Great for Earth Day and America Recycles Day!
Books available are:
Adventures of a Plastic Bottle, written by Allison Inches
Adventures of an Aluminum Can, written by Allison Inches
Compost Stew, An A to Z Recipe for the Earth, written by Mary McKenna Siddals
Composting, Nature's Recyclers, written by Robin Koontz
Don’t Throw That Away, written by Lara Bergen
Garbage Helps our Garden Grow, A Compost Story, written by Linda Glaser
Garden Wigglers, Earthworms in Your Backyard, written by Nancy Loewen
I Can Save the Earth, written by Allison Inches
It's Earth Day! written by Mercer Mayer
Michael Recycle, written by Ellie Bethel
Michael Recycle meets Litterbug Doug, written by Ellie Bethel
Stuff! Reduce, Ruse, Recycle, written by Steven Kroll
The Three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, written by Nuria Roca
The Wartville Wizard, written by Don Madden
Why Should I Protect Nature? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Recycle? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Save Energy? written by Jen Green
Why Should I Save Water? written by Jen Green
Wiggling Worms at Work, written by Wendy Pfeffer
Wonderful Worms, written by Linda Glaser