Make a Positive Impact on Our Planet!

$19.50

This summer camp lesson plan is centered around recycling and composting with hands-on, creative building activities and experiments to engage school-age learners. This summer camp unit offers five 6-hour lesson plans. They feature suggestions for hands-on activities, outdoor play, and social-emotional learning. Activities are standards-aligned to ensure quality content that helps children gain knowledge and prepare to move forward in grade school.

About our lesson plans:

  • Developed and tested by a team of experienced, certified educators

  • Immediate PDF download upon purchase with unlimited use

  • Activity pages, extension activities, and additional resources included at no cost

  • Developmentally appropriate

  • Printable format that is also digital friendly with links and QR codes embedded in the lesson plans

Camp Outline:

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Natural Resources
  • Let’s Get Moving – Tree Movements
  • Planting A Tree
  • Hands-on Activity – Natural Resources Collage
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Coping Skills
  • Jelly Jar Terrariums
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Oil Spill Simulation
  • Let’s Get Moving – Jump the Noodle
  • Hands-on Activity – Happy Earth/Sad Earth
  • Polluting Plants
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Self-Esteem
  • Hands-on Activity – Acid Rain
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sort
  • Let’s Get Moving – Hula Hoop Bounce
  • Hands-on Activity – Stamped Artwork
  • Make a Paper Bowl
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Self Esteem
  • Crayon Rainbow Art
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Recycling Real Garbage
  • Let’s Get Moving – Obstacle Course
  • Hands-on Activity – Recycling Sort
  • Making a Birdhouse
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Self-Esteem
  • Bird Feeder
  • Reflection

  • Arrival Activity
  • Class Discussion
  • Solar Oven
  • Let’s Get Moving – Through the Gates
  • Hands-on Activity – Wind Powered Cars
  • Making Paper
  • Social-Emotional Learning – Bucket Filling Friday
  • Filtering Water
  • Reflection