LOWR
Classroom
Presentations
Environmental
Leadership
can also work
directly with
local schools
to increase
recycling
efforts and
awareness
through our
free LOWR
classroom
presentations.
LOWR is a
visual and
hands-on program
which focuses
on the effects
of waste production
and reduction
on our natural
resources. LOWR
visits can
include a
classroom
presentation,
an on-site
wast-audit,
or information
on starting
a recycling
program for
a school or
classroom.
LOWR classroom
presentations
meet Washoe
County School
District requirements
for recycling
in the area
of environmental
science. For
more information,
please give
us a call
at (775) 323-3433.
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Washoe County
School District
Science K-12
Standards
For the Area
of Environmental
Science: Recycling
Renewable
and nonrenewable
resources:
16.2.1 Identify
materials
of which objects
are made. Investigate
and describe
how some resources
can be used
and reused.
16.8.1 Investigate
and describe
the identifying
characteristics
of renewable
and non-renewable
resources.
16.12.1 Evaluate
the consequences
of changing
patterns of
resources
use.
Environmental
consequences
of natural
resource use:
16.5.4 Explain
that humans
tend to use
resources
to meet more
than their
minimal needs
for food,
shelter and
warmth.
16.8.4 Investigate
and describe
how organisms
alter their
local environment
through their
use of natural
resources.
16.12.4 Analyze
and describe
the limitations
of the Earth’s
ability to
respond to
stresses produced
by human or
natural activities.
Conservation:
17.3.1 Explain
that many
materials
can be recycled
and used
again, sometimes
in different
forms.
17.5.1 Identify
and describe
how consumptive
patterns of
people vary
in different
places.
17.8.1 Analyze
different
conservation
options for
Nevada’s
resources.
17.12.1 Analyze
and evaluate
how consumption
patterns,
conservation
efforts and
cultural or
social practices
in countries
have varying
environmental
impacts
Disclaimer:
Although the
information
in this document
has been funded
wholly or
in part by
the U.S. Environmental
Protection
Agency under
assistance
agreement
NE-97996501-0
to Environmental
Leadership,
it may not
necessarily
reflect the
views of the
Agency and
no official
endorsement
should be
inferred.
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