Recycling Education Kits

Recycling Treasure Trek Crates

These crates are sponsored by the City of Sioux Falls Sustainability Program. The Sustainability Program has several recycling crates available for teachers and groups to borrow. Call Troy Lambert at 605-367-8281 or email tlambert@siouxfalls.org to ask for the content list for any of the crates below or to make crate reservations. Crates may be reserved for a two-week period. A $50 deposit is required for each crate. When crates are returned, City staff will inventory the contents, and if all is returned in good condition, they will shred the deposit check or return checks from an institution. Crates may be picked up at the Environmental Division located at 1017 East Chambers Street in Sioux Falls. Crates are reserved for use in the five-county region served by the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill: Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, and Turner Counties. These crates are available for use by any adult in the five-county region (Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, and Turner Counties) who makes a reservation and pays the $50 deposit per crate, but they are not shipped. Borrowers will need to make arrangements for their pickup and return.

Crate Details

K–2 Trash and Treasure Trek

Grade Level: Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade

Basic Premise: Students will go on a trek to find images of items that do and do not belong in nature. When they discuss the items they found, they will decide if each item is trash or treasure and what they should do with it.

*Indicator and Examples:

  • K L 3            Conduct nature walks around the school yard and neighborhood.
  • K STES 1      Care for the environment around the school. Recognize ways to reuse various material.
  • 1 STES 2      Develop personal habits that display concern for the environment.
  • 2 STES 1      Recognize ways to reduce, recycle, reuse, and renew.


  

For complete inventory list or to reserve this crate, please call 605-367-8281 or email tlambert@siouxfalls.org.

 

3–5 Trash and Treasure Trek

Grade Level: Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade

Basic Premise: Students will go on a trek to find images of items that do and do not belong in nature. When they discuss the items they found in groups of three or four, they will decide if each item is trash or a treasure that can be reused or recycled or needs to be handled in a special way.

*Indicator and Examples:

  • 3 L 3              Describe ways that humans impact air, water, or habitat quality.
  • 3 STES 1        Describe ways to recycle, reuse, and reduce consumption.
  • 4 STES 1 2     Explain how new ideas and inventions often affect people.
  • 5 L 3 1           Describe how natural events and/or human influences may help or harm ecosystems.

For complete inventory list or to reserve this crate, please call 605-367-8281 or email tlambert@siouxfalls.org.

 

6–8 Trash or Treasure Trek

Grade Level: Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade, Eighth Grade

Basic Premise: Students will sort images of items that look like trash, but could be treasure, into categories, either for recycling or discarding.

*Indicator and Examples:

  • 6 STES 1 1   Students are able to describe how science and technology have helped society to solve problems; for example, waste management.
  • 7 STES 2 1   Students are able to predict the consequences of human activity on the local, regional, or global environment.
  • 8 STES 2 1   Students are able to offer solutions to problems created by human activity on the local, regional, or global environment.

 

 

For complete inventory list or to reserve this crate, please call 605-367-8281 or email tlambert@siouxfalls.org.