3rd Grade Project Based Learning

1. Trash or Treasure
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – How can we repurpose items that some
may think of as trash
Camilla McBarnette’s 3rd Grade Class

2. Objectives
• The students will research recycling and reusing items for
environmental conservation purposes
• Students will practice language arts presentation skills to present
their work to the class
• Projects will be displayed for other classes to learn about
repurposing to conserve

3. Project
• Visit from Scrap Exchange, non-profit reusing items for art,
students will view video on Recycling/Reusing/Reducing
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtyBzFV9yTs
• Students will pair up in groups.
• They will research and create a recycling/re-use project
• Students will show the end result and present it for the class in
pairs.
• Teacher will post projects outside of the classroom when done.

4. Materials
• iPad per group or Chromebook for research and preparation of the
display
• Scissors, glue, poster board,
• Color printer, paper, color paper
• Students to get creative in finding their recyclable items.

5. Citations
• Buck Institute for Educaiton - http://www.bie.org/
• Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning by John Larmer and
John R. Mergendoller - Educational Leadership September 2010,
Volume 68, Number 1, Pages 34-37
• Edutopia - 5 Keys to Rigorous Project-Based Learning -
https://www.edutopia.org/video/5-keys-rigorous-project-based-
learning